Safe Uses of Cortisol
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780398075002
Subjects: Pharmacology; Laboratory Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Hydrocortisone; Physiological effect; Therapeutic use; Medical
First sentence: In 1949, when Dr. Philip Hench and his associates at Mayo Clinic reported the remarkable effects of cortisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) on patients with rheumatoid arthritis, their discovery was greeted as a major advance in the field of medicine.