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. 1960 Feb;39(2):364–377. doi: 10.1172/JCI104047

CHARACTERIZATION OF URINARY STEROIDS IN ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA: ISOLATION OF METABOLITES OF CORTISOL, COMPOUND S, AND DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE FROM A NORMOTENSIVE PATIENT WITH ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME *

Hortense M Gandy 1,†, E Henry Keutmann 1, Anthony J Izzo 1
PMCID: PMC441814  PMID: 13826293

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