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What does ATCH stand for?

Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone


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Samples in periodicals archive:
This hormone then travels to the nearby pituitary gland, where it causes the release of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), which in turn travels through the body to the adrenal glands.
Additionally, cortisol response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) stimulation was blocked during the experiment.
Because hyperandrogenism and hyperestrogenism can also be caused by adrenal hyperplasia or tumor, laboratory evaluation for testicular and adrenal steroids, as well as pituitary gonadotropins and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), is important to determine a diagnosis.
Immunohistochemical stains for synaptophysin, chromogranin, prolactin, human growth hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, thyrotropin, and human chorionic gonadotropin were negative in the tumor cells and positive only in minute fragments of benign adenohypophysis.
Yet despite multiple steroid injections, her adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol levels have been found to be normal.

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