CORRELATION OF PLASMA ACTH CONCENTRATION WITH ADRENOCORTICAL RESPONSE IN NORMAL HUMAN SUBJECTS, SURGICAL PATIENTS, AND PATIENTS WITH CUSHING'S DISEASE*
Journal of Clinical InvestigationPublished 1 November 1963Open access
Robert L. Ney, N Shimizu, Wendell E. Nicholson, Donald P. Island, Grant W. Liddle
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The role of ACTH in various clinical disorders has been difficult to ascertain because the available assay methods have lacked the sensitivity necessary for valid quantitation of the hormone in the plasma of normal subjects (1-4).
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