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Salivary cortisol measurement should be eligible for French community financing in the light of literature Volume 74, numéro 3, Mai-Juin 2016

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Department of Biochemistry, University Hospital Dijon, France

Recently, a list of biological analyses eligible to a subsequent financing by the community was published by French health authorities, based on their clinical utility [1]. Surprisingly, salivary cortisol (SC) does not appear in this list, despite accumulated data in the literature highlighting its diagnostic value. It is beyond the scope of this letter to discuss the reasons why SC should take place in clinical laboratories if it is not already the case.The biological assessment of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal [...]