ULCERATIVE COLITIS: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CORTICOTROPIN (ACTH) AND CORTISONE IN 120 PATIENTS
Authors: J B KIRSNER, W L PALMER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 August 1954ULCERATIVE COLITIS: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CORTICOTROPIN (ACTH) AND CORTISONE IN 120 PATIENTSJOSEPH B. KIRSNER, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., WALTER L. PALMER, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.JOSEPH B. KIRSNER, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., WALTER L. PALMER, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-2-232 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe effects of corticotropin (ACTH) and cortisone in ulcerative colitis have been characterized as beneficial,1-5 indifferent6-8 and unfavorable.9-14 Numerous studies also have emphasized the complications of therapy and the recurrences.15-20 The observation of 40 patients in 19511 indicated that, while ACTH and cortisone do not cure ulcerative colitis, they may be useful adjuncts, initiating rapid and occasionally dramatic clinical improvement. 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(Presented at Midwest Regional Meeting, American College of Physicians, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 21, 1953.)From the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago.†This study was supported in part by the Wallach Fund for Gastrointestinal Research.Dr. David Klein, of Wilson Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois, very generously supplied much of the corticotropin (ACTH).Merck and Company provided a portion of the cortisone. 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