@article{16228,
  keywords = {Adrenal Glands, Adult, Humans, Hydrocortisone, leprosy, Middle Aged},
  author = {Balybin E S and NAZAROV K I},
  title = {Hydrocortisone production in lepromatous patients with insulin load.},
  abstract = {<p>Hydrocortisone production was studied in 36 patients with lepromatous leprosy before and after insulin load as a stress factor using a competitive radioassay. Twenty-three patients showed a so-called paradoxical type of hydrocortisone production suggestive of markedly exhausted hydrocortisone-producing function of the adrenal cortex. Reserve hydrocortisone production was depressed in most of the patients with active disease; while cured patients showed a partial restoration in reserve hydrocortisone production. Leprosy relapses seem to be among the factors affecting the reserve hydrocortisone-producing function of adrenals. The question of reassessment of the principles of steroid therapy in lepromatous patients with relapses is raised.</p>
},
  year = {1983},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {51},
  pages = {18-21},
  month = {1983 Mar},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  url = {http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v51n1a03.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}