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A Note on Urinary Copper-Reducing Steroid Excretion in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. H. H. Merivale  and
Richard A. Hunter
W. H. H. Merivale
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital Medical School, London
Richard A. Hunter
Affiliation:
York Clinic, Guy's Hospital
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Altered adrenocortical activity has been reported in patients suffering from primarily psychiatric disorders by Hemphill and Reiss (1947), Reiss, Hemphill, Gordon and Cook (1949a and b) and others. The chance finding of a high urinary copper-reducing steroid (CRS) excretion in a man suffering from recurrent depressive illnesses who was suspected of having Addison's Disease, prompted us to investigate the excretion of these steroids in a group of un-selected psychiatric patients. We report here the results of 23 estimations on 21 patients.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 101 , Issue 425 , October 1955 , pp. 890 - 892
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1955 

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