Predisposing factors for adrenal insufficiency

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2328-2339

  Bornstein, Stefan R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 11B1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B2; DILTIAZEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETOMIDATE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LINDANE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MIBEFRADIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PRASTERONE; SUNITINIB; TRILOSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 66249120658     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0804635     Document Type: Review

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