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Original communication Society for Vascular Surgery| Volume 26, ISSUE 1, P67-81, July 1949

The corticoadrenal factor in hypertension

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5555/uri:pii:0039606049900689
The corticoadrenal factor in hypertension
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      Abstract

      There are experimental data and clinical observations recorded in the literature which suggest that corticoadrenal activity is a factor at least in some cases of hypertension. In this preliminary study the significance of insulin tolerance, sugar tolerance, and water tolerance has been discussed. Insulin resistance means an activity of pituitary eosinophils, mediated through the adrenal cortex. The sugar tolerance in corticoadrenal stress seems to be diminished, just as in acromegaly. The water tolerance, dependent on a number of factors, is a sensitive index of renal function and has prognostic value as to the expected results from splanchnic section.
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      ☆Read at the second annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Chicago, Ill., June 20, 1948.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.5555/uri:pii:0039606049900689

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      © 1949 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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