"Addison Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An adrenal disease characterized by the progressive destruction of the ADRENAL CORTEX, resulting in insufficient production of ALDOSTERONE and HYDROCORTISONE. Clinical symptoms include ANOREXIA; NAUSEA; WEIGHT LOSS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; and HYPERPIGMENTATION of the SKIN due to increase in circulating levels of ACTH precursor hormone which stimulates MELANOCYTES.
| Descriptor ID |
D000224
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.053.500.263 C20.111.163
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| Concept/Terms |
Addison Disease- Addison Disease
- Disease, Addison
- Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
- Adrenal Insufficiency, Primary
- Primary Hypoadrenalism
- Hypoadrenalism, Primary
- Hypoadrenalisms, Primary
- Addison's Disease
- Addisons Disease
- Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiency
- Adrenocortical Insufficiencies, Primary
- Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Primary
- Insufficiencies, Primary Adrenocortical
- Insufficiency, Primary Adrenocortical
- Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiencies
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Addison Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Surgical management of hereditary pheochromocytoma. J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Apr; 198(4):525-34; discussion 534-5.
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Encephalopathy in a patient with Addison disease. J Assoc Physicians India. 1999 Feb; 47(2):244-5.
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Spectrum of CT findings in nonmalignant disease of the adrenal gland. Radiographics. 1998 Mar-Apr; 18(2):393-412.
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Exophthalmos and iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 1994 Dec; 10(4):278-82.