Plate 11-Morbus Addisonii
Item
Title
Plate 11-Morbus Addisonii
Description
Modern term: Addison’s disease
Adrenal failure with loss of pituitary feedback inhibition leads to increased secretion of ACTH, which shares an amino acid sequence with melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH). This leads to enhanced production of melanin by epidermal melanocytes.
Adrenal failure with loss of pituitary feedback inhibition leads to increased secretion of ACTH, which shares an amino acid sequence with melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH). This leads to enhanced production of melanin by epidermal melanocytes.
Date
1860-1884
Subject
Skin--Diseases.
Format
Still image
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1859681
Publisher
New Sydenham Society
Source
Atlas of portraits of diseases of the skin
Rights
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Contributor
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Type
Chromolithographs
