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Effects of Cortisone Acetate upon the Distribution and Excretion of Radioyttrium

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HORMONE treatments have influenced to varying degrees the distribution and excretion of heavy radioactive metals in animals. Parathormone altered radiostrontium distribution1, but it had no apparent effect on internally deposited radioisotopes of cerium, plutonium or yttrium2,3. Adrenocorticotropic hormone did not alter the deposition and excretion of radioactive beryllium in rats4. The results of the present study suggest that cortisone, an adrenal steroid the production of which is stimulated by adrenocorticotropic hormone, may influence the distribution of radioyttrium in rat tissues.

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KAWIN, B. Effects of Cortisone Acetate upon the Distribution and Excretion of Radioyttrium. Nature 179, 871–872 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179871b0

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