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Glucocorticoid Sensitivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Publication date
- 3 September 2013
- Publisher
- Accumulating observations of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who ‘spontaneously’
experienced less active disease during pregnancy led to the growing belief by Philip Hench
that a hormonal substance had to be involved in the improving clinical conditions of pregnant
patients with RA. In close collaboration with Edward Kendall and Tadeus Reichstein
they eventually managed to isolate, identify and produce compound E (i.e. cortison) and
administered the compound to RA patients with impressive results.
Ever since,