MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ADRENAL SURGERY
Authors: R E BOLINGER, M H DELP
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 April 1957MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ADRENAL SURGERYROBERT E. BOLINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAHLON H. DELP, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT E. BOLINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MAHLON H. DELP, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-4-662 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the original descriptions of Cushing's disease as a form of pituitary basophilism,1, 2the emphasis has gradually shifted so that the adrenal cortex is now known to be essential for the genesis of the syndrome.3, 4, 5The exact role which the pituitary or the hypothalamus6, 7may play is in some doubt, and therapeutic approaches directed at other than the adrenal cortex, such as pituitary irradiation2and androgens,8, 9have been disappointing. 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