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• n  a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

• adrenocorticotrophic hormone
• ACTH
• adrenocorticotropin
• adrenocorticotrophin
• corticotropin
• corticotrophin

News & Articles

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• An effective initial polytherapy for infantile spasms
  ( Neural Regeneration Research ) Adrenocorticotropic hormone is recommended worldwide as an initial therapy for infantile spasms. However, infantile spasms in about 50 percent of children cannot be fully controlled by adrenocorticotropic hormone monotherapy, seizures recur in 33 percent of patients who initially respond to adrenocorticotropic hormone monotherapy, and side effects are relatively ...
  July 18, 2013 - EurekAlert!