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Abstract
Conditions in which the production of adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS falls below the requirement of the body. Adrenal insufficiency can be caused by defects in the ADRENAL GLANDS, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the HYPOTHALAMUS.
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- Adrenal Gland Hypofunction
- Hypoadrenalism
- Adrenal Insufficiencies
- Hypofunction, Adrenal Gland
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with ADRENAL GLAND HYPERFUNCTION
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2005 (1968)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Adrenal Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000309. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000309
- Adrenal Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_insufficiency
- Adrenal Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2507454