Hypoadrenalism in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania: An undiagnosed complication?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 849-851

  Mugusi, F ^a   Swai, A B M ^a   Turner, S J ^b   Alberti, K G M M ^c   McLarty, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

ADDISON'S DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0025687681     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90105-N     Document Type: Article

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