Comparative study of neurologic, immunologic, and endocrinologic signs of disseminated sclerosis and lateral amyotrophic sclerosis was carried out by radioimmunoassay, monoclonal antibodies, and microcytotoxic Terasaki's test. The data have shown a tendency to hyperthyroid and hypocorticoid states in 60 percent of lateral amyotrophic sclerosis patients. Fluctuations in hormonal levels of disseminated sclerosis patients were quite the opposite in 37.
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The functional condition of the pituitary-adrenal system was studied in 94 patients with disseminated breast cancer. A decreased excretion of 17--OCS's with urine and an increased cortisol level in blood were observed. This was interpreted as relative (extra-adrenal) failure of pituitary-adrenal function in breast cancer patients.
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