Sudden death due to auto-immune Addison's disease in a 12-year-old girl

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 278-280

  Al Sabri, A M ^a   Smith, N ^b   Busuttil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Paediatr Pathol Roy Hosp S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; Adrenal glands Childhood; Adreno cortical insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EOSINOPHILIA; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030877799     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050085     Document Type: Article

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