The diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in a patient with Allgrove syndrome and a novel mutation in the ALADIN gene

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-205

  Salehi, Marzieh ^a   Houlden, Henry ^b   Sheikh, Arsalan ^a   Poretsky, Leonid ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 12944321358     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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