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Addison’s Disease and Adrenal Crisis: A Phenomenological Study of the Patient Experience

Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the lived experiences and issues central to patients with Addison’s disease when they are hospitalised due to an adrenal crisis.
Sarah L Fostekew, Patrea R Andersen, Isaac Amankwaa   +2 more
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Piloting of the virtual telecare technology ‘Addison Care’ to promote self-management in persons with chronic diseases in a community setting: protocol for a mixed-methods user experience, user engagement and usability pilot study

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Chronic diseases in older adults are one of the major epidemiological challenges of current times and leading cause of disability, poor quality of life, high healthcare costs and death.
Simon Krutter, Nadine Schuessler, Patrick Kutschar, Edin Šabić, Johanna Dellinger, Tabea Klausner, Nadja Nestler, Morgan Beasley, Bailey Henderson, Stefan Pitzer, Barbara Mitterlehner, Doris Langegger, Anna Winkler, Michael Kloesch, Roland Eßl-Maurer, Antje van der Zee-Neuen, Jürgen Osterbrink   +16 more
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Primary Amenorrhea Associated with Hyperprolactinemia in Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome Type II: A Case Report [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2018
Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II (PGA-II) is a rare immunoendocrinopathy syndrome characterized by the occurrence of autoimmune Addison disease along with diabetes mellitus type 1 and/or autoimmune thyroid disease.
Luiza Tizziotti Cottas, Maria de Fátima Borges, Lívia Prata Santos Oliveira, Ana Luísa Mantovani Resende, Meire Soares Ataíde, Elisabete Aparecida Mantovani Rodrigues Resende   +5 more
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Nonreversal of adrenal hypofunction after treatment of adrenal tuberculosis

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2015
Tuberculosis of the adrenal glands is a common cause for Addison′s disease in developing countries. Whether treatment of tuberculosis normalizes adrenocortical function in these patients is controversial.
Bashir Ahmad Laway, Shahnaz Ahmad Mir, Mohd Ashraf Ganie, Feroze Shaheen, Parvaiz Ahmad Shah   +4 more
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Addison′s disease

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2012
Addison′s disease is a rare endocrinal disorder, with several oral and systemic manifestations. A variety of pathological processes may cause Addison′s disease.
Soumya Brata Sarkar, Subrata Sarkar, Supratim Ghosh, Subhankar Bandyopadhyay   +3 more
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Prevalence of organ-specific autoantibodies in children with type 1 DM in south central region of India

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2021
Introduction: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a long-standing metabolic disease caused by autoimmune beta cell destruction leading to absence or lowered insulin production.
Chaitanya Konda, Vijay Sheker Reddy Danda, Srinivas Rao Paidipally, Krishna Reddy Thaduri   +3 more
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Insulin gene polymorphisms in type I diabetes, Addison's disease and the polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Polymorphisms within the insulin gene can influence insulin expression in the pancreas and especially in the thymus, where self-antigens are processed, shaping the T cell repertoire into selftolerance, a process that protects from ß-cell ...
Badenhoop, Klaus, Hahner, Stefanie, Kahles, Heinrich, Lange, Britta Kristina, Meyer, Gesine, Penna Martinez, Marissa, Ramos-Lopez, Elizabeth, Reisch, Nicole, Seissler, Jürgen, Willenberg, Holger S.   +9 more
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Perioral pigmentation

Pigment International, 2022
Perioral pigmentation is a commonly encountered condition in the skin Out Patient Department (OPD), occurring due to a variety of primary as well as secondary causes. The affection of the perioral skin being readily visible negatively impacts the patient’
Siddharth Bhatt, Shekhar Neema, Biju Vasudevan   +2 more
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Primary adrenal insufficiency in adults: 150 years after Addison [PDF]

, 2004
Thomas Addison first described, 150 years ago, a clinical syndrome characterized by salt-wasting and skin hyperpigmentation, associated with a destruction of the adrenal gland.
Alvarenga, Daniela B. de, Castro, Margaret de, Cunha, Andréa Aparecida, Elias, Lucila L.k., Kater, Claudio Elias, Moraes, Andréia M. de, Moreira, Ayrton C., Silva, Regina do Carmo   +7 more
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Sub-clinical Addison′s disease

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
As autoimmune adrenalitis is fast replacing tuberculosis as the most common etiology cause of adrenal insufficiency, subtler forms of the same are being recognised as subclinical addison′s disease.
Manash P Baruah
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