Inventors:
Raymond Forbes - Pittsburgh PA, US
International Classification:
A61F 13/00
Abstract:
A method of measurement to determine inherited endocrine glandular pattern including but not limited to posterior pituitary gland deficiency and the use of a combination of oxytocin and vasopressin, to produce synthetic posterior pituitary gland. An adhesive bearing substrate is used to establish five sites at successive quarter points for circumferential length measurements along each of a forearm and lower leg of a subject. The measurements are used to calculate an ordered set of five ratios which are compared with the numerical values of an ordered set of five reference standards to determine hypo, normal or hyper activity of each of the ordered set of endocrine activity consisting of sex hormones; thyroid gland; posterior pituitary gland; anterior pituitary gland; and sex hormones.