Long-lasting subclinical Addison's disease

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 530-532

  Torrejon S ^a,c   Webb, S M ^a   Rodriguez Espinosa J ^a   Martinez De Osaba M J ^b   Corcoy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Autoimmunity; Hormones

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 35848929489     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973077     Document Type: Article

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