THE PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF FREE AND PROTEIN-BOUND CORTISOL IN HYPOPROTEINAEMIA
- 1 February 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 34 (2), 265-270
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0340265
Abstract
SUMMARY: The plasma level and percentage of bound cortisol were measured in sixteen African subjects with hypoproteinaemia of varying aetiologies. When compared with a control group it was found that the percentage of the steroid bound was significantly reduced but that the total cortisol level did not differ from that found in the control subjects. This resulted in a significant increase in the absolute level of free cortisol in the hypoproteinaemic subjects. Attention is drawn to the striking similarity between many of the physical and biochemical changes seen in kwashiorkor and those found in Cushing's syndrome.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Unusual Case of Adrenocortical HyperfunctionJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1965
- The anaemia of kwashiorkor in UgandaTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1965
- PLASMA 17-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS AND 17-OXOSTEROIDS IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER AND IN NORMAL WOMENJournal of Endocrinology, 1965
- The Binding of Aldosterone in the Serum in KwashiorkorThe American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1965
- Measurement of Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin in ManJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1964
- Probability Theory in the Diagnosis of Cushing's SyndromeJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1964
- CORTISOL BINDING IN THE SERUM IN KWASHIORKORJournal of Endocrinology, 1964
- ADRENAL FUNCTION IN KWASHIORKOR AND MARASMUS1962
- BIOCHEMICAL NORMALS IN NIGERIANS URINARY 17-OXOSTEROIDS AND 17-OXOGENIC STEROIDSThe Lancet, 1960