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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019440603321

Titolo

The human adrenal cortex / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1955

ISBN

9780470715215

0470715219

9780470714904

0470714905

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on endocrinology ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

EtheringtonJoan

Disciplina

616.4/027

616.4027

Soggetti

Adrenal cortex

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains part II only.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Dynamics of adrenal function in man; Discussion; Variability of adrenocortical response to ACTH in different persons, and the influence of variations in administration of ACTH preparations on the level of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the blood; Discussion; Studies of the inter-relationship between the adrenal cortex and ascorbic acid metabolism; Discussion; Studies on the sodium-retaining effect of adrenal cortical steroids; Clinical and metabolic effects of aldosterone; Discussion

The Na and K concentration in mixed saliva: influence of secretion rate, stimulation, method of collection, age, sex, time of day and adrenocortical activityDiscussion; An attempt to correlate the histological changes in the anterior hypophysis and adrenal glands in various diseases in man; Discussion; Metabolic effects of adrenalectomy in man; Disrussion; Therapeutic results of hypophysectomy in metastatic carcinoma of the breast and in severe diabetes mellitus;  adrenocortical function after hypophysectomy;



Discussion

Virilizing adrenal hyperplasia: its treatment with cortisone and the nature of the steroid abnormalitiesDiscussion; Cushing's syndrome; Cushing's syndrome; Discussion; The reciprocal relationship between the thyroid and adrenocortical responses to stress; The possible functional significance of the pituitary-portal vessels; Discussion; Psychological responses to the administration of ACTH and cortisone; Discussion; Physiological response of the adrenal to psychological influences as indicated by changes in the 17-hydroxycorticosteroid excretion pattern; Discussion

Adrenocortical function of combat infantrymen in KoreaDiscussion; General discussion; Chairman's closing remarks

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.