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Adrenal Insufficiency in Cirrhosis
Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Abstract Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis assessment in patients with cirrhosis is challenging. The phenotype of fatigue, hypotension, electrolyte disarray, and abdominal pain characterizing primary adrenal insufficiency (AI) overlaps significantly with decompensated liver disease.
Brian J Wentworth, Helmy M Siragy
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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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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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DAX-1 (NR0B1) and steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1, NR5A1) in human disease. [PDF]
, 2015 DAX-1 (NR0B1) and SF-1 (NR5A1) are two nuclear receptor transcription factors that play a key role in human adrenal and reproductive development. Loss of DAX-1 function is classically associated with X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita.
Achermann, JC +3 more
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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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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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Adrenal insufficiency in sepsis [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2006 Corticosteroids were introduced in the treatment of severe infection as early as in the nineteen forties. Several " negative" randomized controlled trials of high-dose of glucocorticoids given for a short period of time in the early course of severe sepsis or acute respiratory distress syndrome raised serious doubts on the benefit of this treatment ...
Polito, Andrea +2 more
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Antiphospholipid syndrome causes systemic arterial and venous thromboses due to the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Adrenal insufficiency is a rare complication of antiphospholipid syndrome that may result in fatal outcomes if left ...
Yoshihito Iijima +3 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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Trabecular bone score and sclerostin concentrations in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 BackgroundPatients with primary adrenal insufficiency need lifelong replacement therapy with glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, which may influence their bone quality.AimThe aim of the study was to evaluate densitometry parameters, trabecular bone ...
Aleksandra Zdrojowy-Wełna +5 more
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