RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nichols, Emma Hitt
T1 Promising Advances in the Management of Adrenal Insufficiency
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 10
SP 18
OP 19
DO 10.1177/155989771310008
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/10/18.abstract
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.