ADOLESCENT DISTURBANCES OF ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT
Authors: Charles H. Lawrence
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 May 1936ADOLESCENT DISTURBANCES OF ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR RECOGNITION AND TREATMENTCHARLES H. LAWRENCE, M.D., F.A.C.P.CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-11-1503 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is manifestly impossible to discuss in a single article all the disturbances of endocrine function that may be encountered during the period of adolescence. I have, therefore, selected one type of dysfunction which is peculiarly related to that period, hypofunction of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.It has long been known that the pituitary was a factor in the abnormalities of skeletal growth which are responsible for gigantism and dwarfism, but its responsibility for disturbances of maturation has been established more recently, and is still imperfectly understood. We have surmised that aberrations of that process were caused...Bibliography1. MEAKER SR: Human sterility, 1934, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar2. BLANDFIRSTGOLDSTEIN PBAL: Clinical investigation of functional sterility in the female, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1231-1237. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. EVANSPENCHARZSIMPSON HMRIME: Repair of the reproductive system of hypophysectomized female rats, Endocrinology, 1934, xviii, 601-618. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BOYNTON RE: Study of menstrual histories of 2282 university women, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1932, xxiii, 516-524. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KING JL: Menstrual intervals, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1933, xxv, 583-587. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. ALLEN E: Irregularity of the menstrual function, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1933, xxv, 705-708. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ANSPACHHOFFMAN BMJ: Endometrial findings in functional menstrual disorders, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1934, xxviii, 473-481. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ENGLEMANN : Obstetrics and gynecology, Curtis, 1933, W. B. Saunders. Google Scholar9. MCKENNAEWERT CME: Management of undescended testicle, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1172-1176. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. LOEBANDERSONSAXTONHAYWARDKIPPEN LWCJSJAA: Experimental dissociation of the effects of anterior pituitary glands of various species on thyroid and ovary, Science, 1935, lxxxii, 331-333. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. HERTZHISAW RFL: Effects of follicle-stimulating and luteinizing pituitary extracts on the ovaries of the infantile and juvenile rabbit, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1934, cviii, 1213. Google Scholar12. SMITH PE: General physiology of anterior hypophysis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, civ, 548-553. Hypophyseal gonadotropic hormones, ibid., civ, 553-559. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. RUBENSTEIN HS: The production of testicular descent with anterior pituitary-like fraction of pregnancy urine, Endocrinology, 1934, xviii, 475-481. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. BROSIUS WL: Clinical observations on the effect of APL (Antuitrin-S) on the testicle, Endocrinology, 1935, xix, 69-76. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. DORFF GB: Maldevelopment and maldescent of the testes, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1935, l, 649-660. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. SEXTON DL: Treatment of sexual underdevelopment in the human male with anterior pituitary-like hormone, Endocrinology, 1934, xviii, 47-58. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented before the General Sessions of the American College of Physicians, Detroit, March 5, 1936. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 May 1936Volume 9, Issue 11Page: 1503-1512KeywordsAdolescentsPituitary gland ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...