BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Background The upper limit for thyroid-stimulating hormone has been strictly defined for pregnancy management, at which point levothyroxine replacement therapy will been initiated.
Ken Kanazawa +3 more
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Adrenal insufficiency development during chemotherapy plus anti-programmed death receptor-1 monoclonal antibody (tislelizumab) therapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer: two case reports [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2022 Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated adrenal insufficiency is rare but may become a serious adverse event in patients treated with ICIs. The present case report documents two cases of adrenal insufficiency developed during chemotherapy plus ...
Jin Ho Baek
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz +3 more
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Pediatric Adrenal Insufficiency: Diagnosis, Management, and New Therapies
International Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Adrenal insufficiency may result from a wide variety of congenital or acquired disorders of hypothalamus, pituitary, or adrenal cortex. Destruction or dysfunction of the adrenal cortex is the cause of primary adrenal insufficiency, while secondary ...
Sasigarn A. Bowden, Rohan Henry
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A Case of Adrenal Mass Causing Adrenal Insufficiency: Tuberculosis
Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2017 Tuberculosis, the prevalence of which has continued to decline in developed countries, is still one of the reasons of adrenal insufficiency. In this report, we aimed to present a case of adrenal and miliary tuberculosis presenting with adrenal ...
Pınar Şişman +5 more
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Primary adrenal lymphoma: Differential involvement with varying adrenal function
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2011 Primary adrenal Non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma is rare. The symptoms of the disease and response to treatment are variable depending on the type of lymphoma, tumor size, and presence of adrenal insufficiency.
Shiekh Aejaz Aziz +4 more
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Glucocorticoid therapy for adrenal insufficiency: nonadherence, concerns and dissatisfaction with information [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: Appropriate self‐management of glucocorticoid therapy (GC) is crucial for patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI). We aimed to describe patients’ self‐reported nonadherence to GC, evaluate perceived doubts about need for GC, concerns about ...
Carroll, P. +3 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2015 Prednisolone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) are hormone therapies for infantile spasms. There is limited data on the occurrence of decreased adrenal reserve or signs of clinical adrenal insufficiency after hormone therapy. This is a retrospective
John R Mytinger, Sasigarn A Bowden
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Homozygous disruption of P450 side-chain cleavage (CYP11A1) is associated with prematurity, complete 46,XY sex reversal, and severe adrenal failure [PDF]
, 2005 Disruption of the P450 side-chain cleavage cytochrome (P450scc) enzyme due to deleterious mutations of the CYP11A1 gene is thought to be incompatible with fetal survival because of impaired progesterone production by the fetoplacental unit.
Achermann, JC +8 more
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Adrenal Insufficiency Associated with Cholestatic Jaundice: A Case Report
International Journal of Gerontology, 2018 Summary: Various disorders result in jaundice. Adrenal insufficiency is a rare cause of neonatal cholestasis, which is reversible with prompt glucocorticoid administration.
Wei-Cheng Lee +5 more
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