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corticosteroids
 
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  Steroids released from the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids include both mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids. Mineralocorticoids maintain salt and fluid balance in the body while glucocorticoids have metabolic and anti-inflammatory effects and are important mediators of the stress response.  
     


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