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Apparent Free Histidine Plasma and Urine Values in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Cortisone and ACTH.

C. A. L. Stephens, Evelyn B. Wallraff, A. L. Borden, E. C. Brodie, W. Paul Holbrook, D. F. Hill, L. J. Kent, A.R. Kemmerer

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1950 · 19 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

1. Five rheumatoid arthritics treated with Cortisone and 10 treated with ACTH show a striking increase in urinary excretion of apparent free histidine. This increase in histidine urinary excretion has to date occurred only in association with clinical remission.