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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI104005

CORTISOL METABOLISM IN MAN: OBSERVATIONS OF PATHWAYS, POOL SIZES OF METABOLITES AND RATES OF FORMATION OF METABOLITES

Norman I. Gold, Louis L. Smith, and Francis D. Moore

Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and the Laboratory for Surgical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Advisory Committee on Metabolism, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army; in part by a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; in part by a United States Public Health Service Grant (A 2657) to Harvard University, and in part by grants from The Medical Foundation, Inc. and the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation to the Children's Hospital. The assistance of Winthrop Laboratories and the Upjohn Company is gratefully acknowledged. The work was begun at the Laboratory for Surgical Research, Harvard Medical School and completed at the Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and the Laboratory for Surgical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Advisory Committee on Metabolism, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army; in part by a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; in part by a United States Public Health Service Grant (A 2657) to Harvard University, and in part by grants from The Medical Foundation, Inc. and the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation to the Children's Hospital. The assistance of Winthrop Laboratories and the Upjohn Company is gratefully acknowledged. The work was begun at the Laboratory for Surgical Research, Harvard Medical School and completed at the Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and the Laboratory for Surgical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Advisory Committee on Metabolism, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army; in part by a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; in part by a United States Public Health Service Grant (A 2657) to Harvard University, and in part by grants from The Medical Foundation, Inc. and the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation to the Children's Hospital. The assistance of Winthrop Laboratories and the Upjohn Company is gratefully acknowledged. The work was begun at the Laboratory for Surgical Research, Harvard Medical School and completed at the Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Published December 1, 1959 - More info

Published in Volume 38, Issue 12 on December 1, 1959
J Clin Invest. 1959;38(12):2238–2252. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI104005.
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