Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1953 · 66 citations · 0 references
MedicineEndocrinologyPediatricsPediatric EndocrinologyAdrenal DisordersAdrenal EndocrinologyAdrenal HormonesCongenital Endocrine DisordersPediatric Endocrine DisordersAdrenal PathophysiologyAdrenocorticotropic Hormone TestingEndocrine Disease DiagnosticsPediatric Adrenal Disorders
The oxycellulose technic has been applied to the analysis of blood ACTH in children. ACTH was not present in detectable quantities in the blood of afebrile children without endocrine disease. ACTH was detected in the blood of untreated, but not of cortisone-treated, children with adrenogenital syndrome.