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George W. Thorn

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Thorn, George W.; Renold, Albert E.; Cahill, George F. (1959). "The Adrenal and Diabetes: Some Interactions and Interrelations: The Banting Memorial Lecture 1959".
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for treating Addison's disease, and devised an early test for this disease, now known as the Thorn test. His research of cortisone and
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He participated in the first successful kidney transplant in the 1950s. Thorn was a founding editor and editor-in-chief of
150: 32: 66:. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School, and held a number of other teaching positions at other schools. 24: 19:(January 15, 1906 - June 26, 2004) was an American physician whose contributions led to new treatments of 86: 234: 229: 52: 28: 205: 119: 197: 82: 189: 20: 223: 70: 209: 48: 40: 201: 158: 193: 56: 44: 115:"George Thorn, 98, Pioneer In Addison's Disease, Dies" 47:led to new treatments of other diseases such as 85:on January 15, 1906. He received his M.D. from 8: 64:Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 31:. Thorn was Chief of Medicine at Boston's 151:"In Memoriam George W. Thorn, 1906-2004" 98: 108: 106: 104: 102: 7: 145: 143: 141: 139: 137: 14: 250:Physicians from Buffalo, New York 155:Howard Hughes Medical Institute 157:. July 1, 2004. Archived from 1: 39:. Thorn pioneered the use of 240:University at Buffalo alumni 113:Krug, Nora (July 18, 2004). 37:Brigham and Women's Hospital 69:In 1959 he was awarded the 33:Peter Bent Brigham Hospital 266: 25:adrenal gland disorders 245:American nephrologists 87:University of Buffalo 35:, presently known as 194:10.2337/diab.8.5.337 53:rheumatoid arthritis 17:George Widmer Thorn 161:on August 28, 2010 120:The New York Times 81:Thorn was born in 153:(Press release). 83:Buffalo, New York 29:Addison's disease 257: 214: 213: 177: 171: 170: 168: 166: 147: 132: 131: 129: 127: 110: 265: 264: 260: 259: 258: 256: 255: 254: 220: 219: 218: 217: 179: 178: 174: 164: 162: 149: 148: 135: 125: 123: 112: 111: 100: 95: 79: 27:, most notably 21:kidney diseases 12: 11: 5: 263: 261: 253: 252: 247: 242: 237: 232: 222: 221: 216: 215: 188:(5): 337–351. 172: 133: 97: 96: 94: 91: 78: 75: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 262: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 236: 233: 231: 228: 227: 225: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 183: 176: 173: 160: 156: 152: 146: 144: 142: 140: 138: 134: 122: 121: 116: 109: 107: 105: 103: 99: 92: 90: 88: 84: 77:Personal life 76: 74: 72: 71:Banting Medal 67: 65: 60: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 18: 185: 181: 175: 165:February 22, 163:. Retrieved 159:the original 126:February 22, 124:. Retrieved 118: 80: 68: 61: 49:hypertension 16: 15: 235:2004 deaths 230:1906 births 224:Categories 93:References 89:on 1929. 41:cortisone 202:13838198 182:Diabetes 57:diabetes 210:5502786 208:  200:  206:S2CID 198:PMID 167:2012 128:2012 55:and 45:ACTH 23:and 190:doi 226:: 204:. 196:. 184:. 136:^ 117:. 101:^ 73:. 59:. 51:, 212:. 192:: 186:8 169:. 130:.

Index

kidney diseases
adrenal gland disorders
Addison's disease
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
cortisone
ACTH
hypertension
rheumatoid arthritis
diabetes
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Banting Medal
Buffalo, New York
University of Buffalo




"George Thorn, 98, Pioneer In Addison's Disease, Dies"
The New York Times





"In Memoriam George W. Thorn, 1906-2004"
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
the original
doi
10.2337/diab.8.5.337

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