1. Brief Introduction to Cushing's Syndrome and Disease --;References --;2. Physiology of Regulation of ACTH Secretion --;A. Chemistry of ACTH --;B. Histology --;C. Physiology of ACTH Secretion --;References --;3. ACTH Action --;A. Structure-Function Relationships --;B. Effect on Adrenal Size, Morphology, and Growth --;C. Mechanism of ACTH Action of Steroidogenesis --;D. Effect of ACTH on Aldosterone Secretion --;E. Dynamics of ACTH Secretion --;F. Extra-adrenal Metabolic Actions of ACTH --;G. Behavioral Effects of ACTH --;References --;4. Actions of Adrenocortical Hormones --;A. Pathways of Corticosteroid Biosynthesis --;B. Mechanism of Glucocorticoid Action --;References --;5. The Nature of ACTH-Related Peptides in Cushing's Disease and Syndrome --;References --;6. Clinical Manifestations of Cushing's Disease and Cushing's Syndrome --;A. Cushing's Disease --;B. Adrenal Tumors --;C. 'Primary' Pituitary Tumor --;D. Ectopic ACTH Production --;E. Differential Diagnosis of Cushing's Disease and Syndrome --;References --;7. Laboratory Diagnosis of Cushing's Disease and Syndrome --;A. Measurement of Basal Corticosteroid Production --;B. Plasma ACTH Concentrations --;C. ACTH-Related Peptides: Lipotropin, Endorphin, and MSH --;D. Tests Involving Pituitary-Adrenal Stimulation and Suppression --;E. Response to Hypothalamic-Releasing Hormones --;F. Usefulness of Hormonal Tests in Differential Diagnosis --;G. Venous Catheterization for Ectopic ACTH-Producing Tumor Localization --;H. Pituitary X-Ray Localization --;J. Adrenal Localization --;References --;8. Treatment of Cushing's Disease and Syndrome --;A. Adrenal Adenoma --;B. Adrenocortical Carcinoma --;C. Ectopic ACTH-Producing Tumors --;D. Cushing's Disease --;References.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
It took approximately 90 years to isolate this elusive vital factor - cortisone - from beef adrenal cortices, independently by both Reichstein and his co-workers in Basle and Kendall and his group in the United States and another 10-15 years before it became more generally available for experimental and clinical use.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Endocrinology.
موضوع مستند نشده
Medicine.
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
RC659
نشانه اثر
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B936
1982
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )