THE response of the adrenal cortex to intensive stimulation with exogenous ACTH provides an excellent guide to the functional status of the adrenal cortex under most circumstances. Tests based on this ...

ONE criterion of the effectiveness of long-acting ACTH preparations is their duration of action. Using a simple technic, we have compared the duration of action of two types of aluminum phosphate ...

H.P. Acthar Gel, now owned by Mallinckrodt, is a highly purified preparation of adrenocorticotropic hormone in a gel that is designed to provide extended release of the ACTH injection. Developed in ...

San Diego, California — A higher dose of an inexpensive and widely available steroid might be just as effective as a much more costly hormonal therapy for treating infantile spasms (IS), a small study ...

Prognostic value of the expression of p53, bcl-2, and bax oncoproteins, and neovascularization in patients with radically resected non-small-cell lung cancer. One hundred fifty-two patients were ...

Systemic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) administration is a first-line therapy for the treatment of infantile spasms, an age-specific seizure disorder of infancy. It is proposed that exogenous ...

The possibility of assessing endogenous adrenal activity in the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) was tested by using an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) challenge in a fecal glucocorticoid ...

In its early stages, adrenal insufficiency can be difficult to diagnose. A review of a patient’s medical history and symptoms may lead a doctor to suspect Addison’s disease. A diagnosis of adrenal ...