STUDIES ON THE FUNCTION AND CLINICAL USE OF CORTIN
Authors: Frank A. Hartman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 July 1933STUDIES ON THE FUNCTION AND CLINICAL USE OF CORTINFRANK A. HARTMAN, PH.D.FRANK A. HARTMAN, PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-1-6 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA careful consideration of the functions of cortin should precede its clinical application.From a study of clinical material and animal experiments certain functions of cortin are indicated. We propose to discuss these together with findings which may bear on other functions not clearly indicated. The symptoms pathognomonic of Addison's disease—asthenia, gastrointestinal instability and pigmentation—may give us clues to follow in our hunt for the function or functions of cortin. Of these asthenia is outstanding.ASTHENIAUsually this is the first symptom to appear. 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