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Glucocorticoid Sensitivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

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

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