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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102438

THE EFFECTS OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE AND CORTISONE IN THE ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA: AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN AND CORRECT ITS DISORDERED HORMONAL PATTERN

Frederic C. Bartter, Fuller Albright, Anne P. Forbes, Alexander Leaf, Eleanor Dempsey, and Evelyn Carroll

Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

3

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., National Heart Institute.

4

National Research Council Fellow in the Medical Sciences, 1949-1951.

1

Reported in part at the Proceedings of American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 1, 1950. (J. Clin. Invest., 1950, 29, 797.)

2

The expense of these studies was defrayed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a grant from Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and grants from the American Cancer Society. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., 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

3

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., National Heart Institute.

4

National Research Council Fellow in the Medical Sciences, 1949-1951.

1

Reported in part at the Proceedings of American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 1, 1950. (J. Clin. Invest., 1950, 29, 797.)

2

The expense of these studies was defrayed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a grant from Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and grants from the American Cancer Society. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

Find articles by Albright, F. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

3

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., National Heart Institute.

4

National Research Council Fellow in the Medical Sciences, 1949-1951.

1

Reported in part at the Proceedings of American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 1, 1950. (J. Clin. Invest., 1950, 29, 797.)

2

The expense of these studies was defrayed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a grant from Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and grants from the American Cancer Society. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

Find articles by Forbes, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

3

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., National Heart Institute.

4

National Research Council Fellow in the Medical Sciences, 1949-1951.

1

Reported in part at the Proceedings of American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 1, 1950. (J. Clin. Invest., 1950, 29, 797.)

2

The expense of these studies was defrayed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a grant from Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and grants from the American Cancer Society. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

Find articles by Leaf, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

3

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., National Heart Institute.

4

National Research Council Fellow in the Medical Sciences, 1949-1951.

1

Reported in part at the Proceedings of American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 1, 1950. (J. Clin. Invest., 1950, 29, 797.)

2

The expense of these studies was defrayed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a grant from Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and grants from the American Cancer Society. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

Find articles by Dempsey, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine of the Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

3

Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S., National Heart Institute.

4

National Research Council Fellow in the Medical Sciences, 1949-1951.

1

Reported in part at the Proceedings of American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 1, 1950. (J. Clin. Invest., 1950, 29, 797.)

2

The expense of these studies was defrayed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a grant from Ayerst, McKenna and Harrison, Ltd., and grants from the American Cancer Society. A bed supported by Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., on the Metabolic Ward was used for these studies.

Find articles by Carroll, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published March 1, 1951 - More info

Published in Volume 30, Issue 3 on March 1, 1951
J Clin Invest. 1951;30(3):237–251. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102438.
© 1951 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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