Abstract
Raised plasma immunoreactive corticotrophin (ACTH) levels were found in five boys with the sex-linked disorder progressive leucodystrophy associated with adrenal insufficiency (Addison-Schilder's disease) and in a symptom-free brother of one of them. Similar ACTH concentrations were found using two antisera, one against the N-terminal part of the ACTH molecule and the other against the C-terminal part. In one patient the circulating ACTH had normal biological activity as measured using the cytochemical ACTH bioassay. Immunoreactive beta/-melanocyte-stimulating hormone was also determined in one patient and found to be raised.
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