Efects of plasma corticosteroid concentration on the osmotic threshold for vasopressin releasing in Chagas' disease

The osmotic threshold for vasopressin release was studied in normal patients (n = 7) and in patients with the chronic form of Chagas'disease (n = 11). Positive correlation between osmotic threshold and plasma cortisol concentration was obtained for the Controls (y1 = 273,30 + 0,75x i; r = 0,78;...

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Main Authors: Tatsuto Kimachi, Joel P. R. Veiga, Euclydes C. Lima-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1983-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821983000300003