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. 1961 Jul;40(7):1315–1322. doi: 10.1172/JCI104361

THE PLASMA CORTISOL RESPONSE TO ACTH IN “IDIOPATHIC HIRSUTISM”*

John E Plager 1,†, Paul Cushman Jr 1,‡, Alice E Chase 1
PMCID: PMC290845  PMID: 13736194

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