THE INFLUENCE OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS ON RESISTANCE III. SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HISTAMINE AS A TEST OF ADRENAL DEFICIENCY.

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THE INFLUENCE OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS ON RESISTANCE : III. SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HISTAMINE AS A TEST OF ADRENAL DEFICIENCY.

W. J. M. Scott

From the Department of Surgery, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N. Y.

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W. J. M. Scott

From the Department of Surgery, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N. Y.

Received: November 16 1927

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1928, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1928

J Exp Med (1928) 47 (2): 185–191.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.47.2.185

1. The resistance of rats to histamine is greatly diminished after adrenalectomy.

2. This susceptibility to histamine is proposed as a functional test for deficient adrenal cortex function.

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Copyright, 1928, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1928

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