Association between High Levels of Blood Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor, Inappropriate Adrenal Response, and Early Death in Patients with Severe Sepsis [PDF]
Background.Identification of new therapeutic targets remains an imperative goal to improve the morbidity and mortality associated with severe sepsis and septic shock.
Calandra, Thierry+10 more
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CHANGES IN CIRCULATING LEUKOCYTES FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADRENAL CORTEX EXTRACT (ACE) AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) IN INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS AND CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA [PDF]
Richard H. Saunders, Elijah Adams
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Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome (EAS) is a condition of endogenous hypercortisolism sustained by an extrapituitary ACTH-secreting tumor.
Manabu Kadoya+9 more
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Alterations in Numbers of Circulating Platelets Following Surgical Operation and Administration of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone [PDF]
Richard Warren+2 more
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Pituitary deficiency after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
OBJECTIVE: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage puts patients at high risk for the development of pituitary insufficiency. We evaluated the incidence of pituitary dysfunction in these patients and its correlation with clinical outcome. METHODS: Pituitary
Julio Leonardo Barbosa Pereira+10 more
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The value of serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate as a screening test for late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the use of serum level of dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate as a screening test for late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia.Methods: Fourteen hirsute women with elevated serum levels ofdehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, 17 hirsute women
Marcos Yorghi Khoury+5 more
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Studies on the role of protein synthesis in the regulation of corticosterone production by adrenocorticotropic hormone in vivo. [PDF]
Leonard D. Garren+2 more
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Chronic central neuropeptide Y infusion in normal rats: status of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, and vagal mediation of hyperinsulinaemia [PDF]
Summary: Neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus is a potent physiological stimulator of feeding, and may contribute to the characteristic metabolic defects of obesity when hypothalamic levels remain chronically elevated.
Cusin, I.+6 more
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RESULTS OF ADMINISTRATION OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE TO A NORMAL HUMAN BEING
Harold L. Mason+5 more
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Prosocial Behavior as a Stress Moderator: The Physiological and Psychological Components [PDF]
Stress is a major part of everyday life for the majority of people, especially college students. Stress has a physiological response and serves an important purpose in the body.
Vannelli, Jessica
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