Cortisone and Acth

Cortisone and ACTH.

Acth, Cortisone and Allied Subjects

INFLUENCE OF ACTH AND CORTISONE ON INTROGEN AND CALCIUM BALANCES IN CERTAIN DISEASE STATES (Abstract not available) JOSEPH A. JOHNSTON, M.D. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit ‘#{248}#{149} EXPERIENCES WITH ACTH IN THE TREATMENT OF THE ACUTE PHASE OF RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA IN PREMATURE INFANTS FREDERICK C. BL0DI, M.D., ALGERNON B. REESE, M.D., WILLIAM A. SILVERMAN, M.D., AND RICHARD DAY, M.D. Instit...

Sarcoidosis: treatment with cortisone, ACTH and urethane.

Consistent results were not obtained from urethane, calciferol, nitrogen mustard and antibiotics in the treatment of sarcoidosis by Sones and his associates’ but they recently reported marked improvement in two patients with sarcoidosis treated with cortisone. Association of functional adrenal impairment with sarcoidosis was suggested by their report. The dramatic regression observed in their t...

Cortisone and ACTH in Hypoplastic Anemia *

For many years hypoplastic or aplastic anemia has been identified with a confusing group of pancytopenias which are refractory to treatment. Recently The Committee for Clarification of the Nomenclature of Cells and Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs has redefined the term hypoplastic anemia and discarded the term aplastic anemia."3 Hypoplastic anemia is defined by this committee as ...

Present status of corticotropin; ACTH, cortisone, and hydrocortisone in ophthalmology.

IN previous communications (Gordon and McLean, 1950; McLean and others, 1951; Gordon and others, 1951) this group has reported its experiences in the treatment of ocular disease with the use of corticotropin (ACTH) and cortisone. The present paper summarizes our knowledge of the clinical use of corticotropin and cortisone in ophthalmology and adds experiences with hydrocortisone during the past...