to assess the effect of chronic hypersecretion of corticotropin ( acth ) and other peptides derived from proopiomelanocortin , and of cortisol , on plasma adrenal androgen concentration , plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate ( dhea-s ) , dehydroepiandrosterone ( dhea ) , androstenedione ( delta 4 a ) , and cortisol were measured in 14 children and adolescents with cushing 's disease , a 9-year-old boy with an ectopic acth-producing tumour , and a group of normal , age-related individuals .
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