PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Løvås, Kristian
TI  - Promising Advances in the Management of Adrenal Insufficiency
DP  - 2013 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 18--19
VI  - 13
IP  - 10
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/10/18.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/10/18.full
AB  - Adrenal insufficiency is a rare disease that is difficult for patients to live with due to the lifelong requirement of steroid therapy and the ever-present risk of adrenal crisis. This article discusses the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency, prevalence and prevention for adrenal crisis, and recent advances in the treatment of Addison's disease.