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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103028

Changes in Plasma Levels of 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids During the Intravenous Administration of ACTH. I. A Test Of Adrenocortical Capacity in the Human

Kristen Eik-Nes, Avery A. Sandberg, Don H. Nelson, Frank H. Tyler, and Leo T. Samuels

Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

2

Baxter and Fulbright Research Fellow.

3

Scholar in Cancer Research of the American Cancer Society. Work reported in this paper was performed during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research (1952-53).

4

Present address: Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

1

This investigation was supported in part by research grants A-29(C2) and A-2(C7) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service; by the Medical Research and Development Board, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, under contract No. DA-49-007-MD-136; and by a grant from Armour and Company.

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Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

2

Baxter and Fulbright Research Fellow.

3

Scholar in Cancer Research of the American Cancer Society. Work reported in this paper was performed during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research (1952-53).

4

Present address: Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

1

This investigation was supported in part by research grants A-29(C2) and A-2(C7) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service; by the Medical Research and Development Board, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, under contract No. DA-49-007-MD-136; and by a grant from Armour and Company.

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Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

2

Baxter and Fulbright Research Fellow.

3

Scholar in Cancer Research of the American Cancer Society. Work reported in this paper was performed during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research (1952-53).

4

Present address: Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

1

This investigation was supported in part by research grants A-29(C2) and A-2(C7) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service; by the Medical Research and Development Board, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, under contract No. DA-49-007-MD-136; and by a grant from Armour and Company.

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Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

2

Baxter and Fulbright Research Fellow.

3

Scholar in Cancer Research of the American Cancer Society. Work reported in this paper was performed during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research (1952-53).

4

Present address: Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

1

This investigation was supported in part by research grants A-29(C2) and A-2(C7) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service; by the Medical Research and Development Board, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, under contract No. DA-49-007-MD-136; and by a grant from Armour and Company.

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Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

2

Baxter and Fulbright Research Fellow.

3

Scholar in Cancer Research of the American Cancer Society. Work reported in this paper was performed during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the Dazian Foundation for Medical Research (1952-53).

4

Present address: Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

1

This investigation was supported in part by research grants A-29(C2) and A-2(C7) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service; by the Medical Research and Development Board, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, under contract No. DA-49-007-MD-136; and by a grant from Armour and Company.

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Published November 1, 1954 - More info

Published in Volume 33, Issue 11 on November 1, 1954
J Clin Invest. 1954;33(11):1502–1508. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103028.
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