FUNCTIONS OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX
- 1 June 1942
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 30 (6) , 861-869
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-30-6-861
Abstract
The adrenal cortex is an organ which, though influenced by other endocrine glands, exerts an independent effect on permeability, electrolyte balance, energy metabolism, enzyme action, and nervous function. The changes which occur in adrenal insufficiency are essentially of a metabolic nature, autopsies showing no organic lesions responsible for the fatal termination. A review.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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