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THE rapid disappearance from the blood of administered adrenotropic hormone (ACTH) has been demonstrated by Sayers et al.1 using an infusion technique on human subjects, and Greenspan et al.2, after intravenous injection into rats.
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Sayers, G., Burns, T. W., Taylor, F. H., Jager, B. V., Schwartz, T. B., Smith, E. L., Samuels, L. T., and Davenport, H. W., J. Clin. End., 9, 593 (1949).
Greenspan, F. S., Choh Hao Li and Evans, Herbert M., Endocrinol., 46, 261 (1950).
Sayers, G., Sayers, M. A., and Woodbury, L. H., Endocrinol., 42, 379 (1948).
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REISS, M., BADRICK, F., HALKERSTON, I. et al. Inactivation of Adrenotropic Hormone (ACTH) by Plasma. Nature 168, 206 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168206a0
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