Normal and Altered Function of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Man
Authors: JEROME W. CONN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 August 1965Normal and Altered Function of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in ManApplications in Clinical and Research MedicineJEROME W. CONN, M.D., SC.D., F.A.C.P., DAVID R. ROVNER, M.D., EDWIN L. COHEN, M.D.JEROME W. CONN, M.D., SC.D., F.A.C.P., DAVID R. ROVNER, M.D., EDWIN L. COHEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-2-266 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI am pleased to be able to present the 1965 John Phillips Memorial Lecture for several reasons. First, I am happy to be participating in the memorialization of an eminent American physician who was a Regent of the College at the time of his tragic death in 1929. Second, I am fully cognizant of the honor that accompanies the designation of the Phillips Memorial Lecturer, and I am proud to be listed with the 28 former recipients. And, third, I am pleased to be called upon to do my job at this special Golden Anniversary Session of the College.I...References1. CONN JW: In discussion of paper "The Functions for Renin and Angiotensin" by W. S. PEART at Laurentian Hormone Conference, September 8 1964, Lake George, N.Y., in Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Academic Press, New York and London. In press. Google Scholar2. CONNCOHENROVNER JWELDR: Suppression of plasma renin activity in primary aldosteronism. Distinguishing primary from secondary aldosteronism in hypertensive disease. JAMA 190: 213, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. CONN JW: Plasma renin activity in primary aldosteronism. Importance in differential diagnosis and in research of essential hypertension. Ibid., p. 222. Google Scholar4. MULROWGANONG PJWF: The effect of hemorrhage upon aldosterone secretion in normal and hypophysectomized dogs. J. Clin. Invest. 40: 579, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, MichiganFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Metabolic Research Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.Work from the authors' laboratory to which reference is made has been supported by the U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Grant DA-MD-49-193-62-G62, grants 5-K6-AM-14, 237 and TI AM 5001 from the U. S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md., and grant 5MO1-FR-4204 from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, U. S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.This paper was presented as the 1965 John Phillips Memorial Award Lecture at the Golden Anniversary Session of the American College of Physicians in Chicago, Ill., March 22, 1965.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jerome W. 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