Discovery of the wonder drug: From cows to cortisone

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1349-1350

  Saenger, Amy K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADRENAL GLAND; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COW; DRUG EFFECT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CORTISONE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 77955262409     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.149120     Document Type: Note

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