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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102330

THE EFFECT OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE IN PANHYPOPITUITARISM

Frederic C. Bartter, Paul Fourman, Fuller Albright, Anne P. Forbes, William McK. Jefferies, Grace Griswold, Eleanor Dempsey, Dorothy Bryant, and Evelyn Carroll

Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

2

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., on detail from National Heart Institute.

3

Rockefeller Traveling Fellow.

1

The expense of these studies was partly defrayed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Advisory Cancer Council, Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and the American Cancer Society on the recommendation of the Committee on Growth of the National Research Council. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

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Published July 1, 1950 - More info

Published in Volume 29, Issue 7 on July 1, 1950
J Clin Invest. 1950;29(7):950–971. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102330.
© 1950 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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