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A standard dose of ACTH was administered intravenously for 8 hours to normal volunteers. Plasma iron levels were not affected in any way that could not be accounted for by normal diurnal-nocturnal or day to day variation. Altering normal daily periodicity of corticosteroid concentration by administering ACTH at different phases of the cycle did not affect the curves of plasma iron variation.
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