Environmental motion can induce physiological stress and trigger motion sickness. In these situations, lower-than-normal levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) have been linked with increased susceptibility to motion sickness in healthy individuals.
Kheradmand, A. +31 more
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Adrenal insufficiency caused by bilateral adrenal metastases - a rare treatable cause for recurrent nausea and vomiting in metastatic breast cancer [PDF]
Background: Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms in patients with malignant disease. Several, sometimes rare causes have to be considered to decide the right treatment.
Bausewein, Claudia +2 more
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Chronic adrenal insufficiency is caused by insufficient secretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex due to dysfunction of one or more links of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system.
V. G. Chobitko, A. P. Belova
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Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy as a complication of adrenal cortex insufficiency: a case report
Background Cardiovascular manifestations associated with Addison’s disease are previously documented. We described a case of an 11-year-old girl who developed dilated cardiomyopathy as a complication to Addison’s disease.
Mohammad Alkhateeb +3 more
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GNAS mutation is an unusual cause of primary adrenal insufficiency: a case report
Background Primary adrenal insufficiency in children has non-specific and extensive clinical features, so the diagnosis of its etiology is complex and challenging.
Yajie Tong +3 more
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Hyponatraemia and hyperpigmentation in primary adrenal insufficiency [PDF]
Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte disturbance with multiple causes. We present a case of a 49-year-old Caucasian female with cholangiocarcinoma, who had a hyponatraemia which was initially assumed to be based on a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion as paraneoplastic phenomenon.
Benner, Bernadette +2 more
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A rare occurrence of central precocious puberty in adrenal hypoplasia congenita
AHC (X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita) is a rare cause of adrenal insufficiency due to mutations in the DAX1 gene. It traditionally causes hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
Rajesh Joshi, Karthik Shroff
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Primary adrenal insufficiency - Addison's disease
Introduction and purpose Addison's syndrome is defined as primary adrenal insufficiency, the symptoms of which result from hormonal deficiencies: glucocorticosteroids, mineralocorticosteroids and androgens.
Jakub Metelski +4 more
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Bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis manifesting as primary adrenal insufficiency [PDF]
KEY POINTS A 72-year-old woman from southwestern Ontario was admitted to hospital with a 2-month history of progressive generalized weakness, fatigue, nausea, anorexia and 7-kg weight loss. Although previously functionally independent, she now required a walker for ambulation.
Lilian J, Robinson +3 more
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Progressive onset of adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadism of pituitary origin caused by a complex genetic rearrangement within DAX-1 [PDF]
DAX-1 [dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenital (AHC) critical region on the X chromosome, gene 11 is a transcription factor expressed in the adrenal gland and at all levels of the gonadotrope axis.
Gaillard, R.C. +15 more
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