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Am. J. Surg., 107/1. - New York, The Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation, 1964, gr.8°, pp.144-152, 2 Figs., orig. wrappers. Rare Offprint! "From the Endocrine-Metabolic Unit, Peter Bent Brigbam Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Havard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts." "Overproduction of adrenal steroids, both glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, is one of the known causes of reversible hypertension. Clinical suspicion and liberal use of screening tests are necessary to differentiate these patients from those suffering from other types of hypertension. Disorders of the physiologic control mechanisms, functioning benign and malignant tumors and congenital enzymatic aberrations are known to underly hyperadrenal corticism. The diagnostic procedures used in the precise evaluation of the mechanisms operating in a particular case are outlined, and the present methods of treatment and their limitations are reviewed." Summary.…