Blood, 1953, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 342-348.
© 1953 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Adrenal Cortex and Hemolysis
I. Phenylhydrazine
J. D. FELDMAN M.D.1,
M. RACHMILEWITZ M.D.1,
O. STEIN 1, and
Y. STEIN 1
1 Department of Pathology, Medical Department "B," and the Department of
Clinical Research, of the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School and Hadassah
Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
The intravenous administration of phenylhydrazine caused a significantly
greater destruction of red cells in adrenalectomized rats than in controls. Cortisone given to adrenalectomized rats prevented this increased destruction and
maintained red cells at a level comparable to controls. ACTH almost completely
prevented phenylhydrazine anemia in intact rats and the red cell level was
significantly higher than that in intact rats which did not receive ACTH.
Submitted on October 4, 1952
Accepted on October 16, 1952