ADRENAL CORTICAL FUNCTION AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Authors: HOWARD L. HOLLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Editorial1 September 1956ADRENAL CORTICAL FUNCTION AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISHOWARD L. HOLLEY, M.D.HOWARD L. HOLLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-3-550 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor a long time clinical investigators have postulated that the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis might have metabolic implications. At one time the parathyroid glands were considered to have an important relationship to the disease, and it was believed that parathyroid dysfunction caused the changes in the bones and joints. Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism have likewise been considered to have an etiologic linkage in the pathogenesis of this disease. Careful studies, however, have failed to reveal a relationship of any of these endocrinologic disorders to rheumatoid arthritis.On the other hand, there are certain clinical characteristics of the disease, i.e., profound muscle...1 HenchKendallSlocumbPolley PSECCHHF: Effect of hormone of adrenal cortex (17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone: Compound E) and of pituitary adrenal corticotropic hormone on rheumatoid arthritis; preliminary report, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clinic 24: 181-187 (April 13) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar2 PereraRagan GAC: Hypoadrenalism: Steroidal mediation of sodium action on blood pressure; modification of antiarthritic response to cortisone, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 75: 99-103 (October) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 SokoloffSharpKaufman LJTEH: The adrenal cortex in rheumatic disease; pathologic study with special reference to effects of cortisone and corticotropin, A.M.A. Arch. Int. Med. 88: 627-639 (Nov.) 1951. 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