Cortisone (Compound E)

Further studies on the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia with cortisone. IV. Effect of cortisone and compound B in infants with disturbed electrolyte metabolism.

OF ORIGINAL ARTICLE. Three infants with female pseudohermaphrodism attributable to the salt-losing form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH; adrenogenital syndrome) followed for 14 to 20 months are described in detail. The first infant was admitted at the age of 7 weeks in adrenal crisis and studied intensively during a 557-day hospitalization; the second, an infant 7 weeks of age, was hospi...

Cortisone Therapy

Ttiis is a useful book, in which the place of cortisone and other steroid drugs in the treatment of the rheumatic diseases is reviewed. The book falls naturally into two parts. The first section conisists of five chapters, and is concerned with the use of cortisone in rheumatoid arthritis. The second section consists of two chapters, the first of which decribes the general use of cortisone in d...

Further Studies on the Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia with Cortisone: IV. Effect of Cortisone and Compound B in Infants With Disturbed Electrolyte Metabolism, by John F. Crigler

OF ORIGINAL ARTICLE. Three infants with female pseudohermaphrodism attributable to the salt-losing form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH; adrenogenital syndrome) followed for 14 to 20 months are described in detail. The first infant was admitted at the age of 7 weeks in adrenal crisis and studied intensively during a 557-day hospitalization; the second, an infant 7 weeks of age, was hospi...

Cortisone and ACTH.

[Cortisone and heparin].

Though the abundant data published in the literature concerning the influence of cortisone on the thrombo-plastic powers of the blood is varied and sometimes even contradictory, we have concentrated our attention on the eventual influence of cortisone on heparin, the main factor of the circulating anti-coagulating substances. This decision was taken in consideration of the supposed existence of...