Author’s reply to ‘Testing for hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis suppression in asthmatic children’
Ekkehard Werner Zöllner, Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, 7505 Tygerberg, South Africa Tel.: +27219389506 Fax: +27219389138 E-mail: [email protected]
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