Safe Uses of Cortisol

244 Pages·2004·8.944 MB·English

by  William McK. Jefferies

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CORTISOL
CHARLES CTHOMAS ^ PUBLISHER, LTD. -

SAFE USES OF CORTISOL
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Third Edition
SAFE USES OF
CORTISOL
By
WILLIAM McK. JEFFERIES, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Retired Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia
Formerly Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Former Consultant in Endocrinology
Euclid Clinic
Lutheran Medical Center
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
University Hospitals of Cleveland
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Jefferies, William McK.
Safe uses of cortisol / by William McK. Jefferies. —3rd ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-398-07500-X (hard) —ISBN 0-398-07501-8 (paper)
1. Hydrocortisone—Therapeutic use. 2. Hydrocortisone—Physiological effect. I. Title.
|DNLM: 1. Hydrocortisone—therapeutic use. WK 755 J45sb 2004|
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