The big difficulty was that the ACTH molecule is a protein, a long chain of amino acid groups linked together in a special sequence like a phrase in telegraphic code. If the code is not reproduced ...

An ACTH test (0.5 μg) was performed on d 4 in 21 very preterm infants (gestational age, 25.6–29.6 wk; birth weight, 485–1265 g).

Immune checkpoint inhibitors, increasingly used to treat a variety of cancers, can cause unpredictable immune-related adverse events including endocrinopathies.