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The subject has been recently reviewed in “Chemistry and Treatment of Adrenocortical Diseases” by Prunty

F. T. G.

(1964), Chapter VIII. Illinois, C. C. Thomas.

ACTH test. Beck

J. C.

, Blair

A. J.

, Dyrenfurth

, Morgen

R. O.

and Venning

E. H.

(1962) in the “Human Adrenal Cortex.” Ed. Currie

A. R.

, Symington

and Grant

J. K.

Edinburgh, Livingstone, p. 432. (Factors influencing adrenocortical response to ACTH).

Metopirone test. Nabarro

J. D. N.

(1960), Brit. med. J., 2, 625. (The pituitary and adrenal cortex in general medicine).

Cope

C. W.

(1965), Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 58, 55. (Some adrenal facts and fancies).

Dexamethasone test. Liddle

G. W.

(1960), J. clin. Endocrin., 20, 1,539. (Tests of pituitary-adrenal suppressibility).