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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103847

METABOLIC STUDIES WITH A NEW SERIES OF 1,4-DIENE STEROIDS. I. EFFECTS IN ADDISONIAN SUBJECTS OF PREDNISONE, PREDNISOLONE, AND THE 1,2-DEHYDRO ANALOGUES OF CORTICOSTERONE, DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE, 17-HYDROXY-11-DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE, AND 9α-FLUOROCORTISOL

Maurice M. Pechet, Blair Bowers, and Frederic C. Bartter

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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Present address: Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Present address: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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Part of this material has been presented previously (1). The names “metacortandracin” and “metacortandralone” have since been replaced by “prednisone” and “prednisolone.”

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Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

†

Present address: Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

‡

Present address: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

*

Part of this material has been presented previously (1). The names “metacortandracin” and “metacortandralone” have since been replaced by “prednisone” and “prednisolone.”

Find articles by Bowers, B. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

†

Present address: Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

‡

Present address: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

*

Part of this material has been presented previously (1). The names “metacortandracin” and “metacortandralone” have since been replaced by “prednisone” and “prednisolone.”

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

Published April 1, 1959 - More info

Published in Volume 38, Issue 4 on April 1, 1959
J Clin Invest. 1959;38(4):681–690. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103847.
© 1959 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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