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. 1954 Nov;33(11):1466–1480. doi: 10.1172/JCI103025

Pregnancy and Adrenocortical Function: Endocrine Studies of Pregnancy Occurring in Two Adrenal-Deficient Women^¹

A Gorman Hills ^1,^2,^3,⁴, Eleanor H Venning ^1,^2,^3,⁴, F Curtis Dohan ^1,^2,^3,⁴, George D Webster Jr ^1,^2,^3,^4,², Edwin M Richardson ^1,^2,^3,⁴

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