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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103146

The Effect of Intravenously-Administered ACTH on Plasma 17, 21-Dihydroxy-20-Ketosteroids in Normal Individuals and in Patients with Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex

Nicholas P. Christy, Eleanor Z. Wallace, and Joseph W. Jailer

Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.

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Trainee, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

3

Damon Runyon Research Fellow.

1

Aided by Grants from the United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases (A-195); The Upjohn Company; and Merck, Inc.

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Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.

2

Trainee, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

3

Damon Runyon Research Fellow.

1

Aided by Grants from the United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases (A-195); The Upjohn Company; and Merck, Inc.

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Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.

2

Trainee, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

3

Damon Runyon Research Fellow.

1

Aided by Grants from the United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases (A-195); The Upjohn Company; and Merck, Inc.

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Published June 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 6 on June 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(6):899–906. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103146.
© 1955 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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