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Also Known As	corticosteroid

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mineralocorticoid glucocorticoid cortisol aldosterone cortisone deoxycorticosterone prednisone dexamethasone corticosterone adrenal gland androgen epinephrine norepinephrine

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Tadeus Reichstein

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Edward Calvin Kendall

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