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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency (disorder)

Known as: Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency, Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency, ACTH deficiency 
Subnormal concentration of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) resulting in decreased secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland.
National Institutes of Health

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ACTH Deficiency, IsolatedAlopecia, Neurologic Defects, and Endocrinopathy Syndrome

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Adrenal gland hypofunction

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2017
2017
Isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency associated with nivolumab therapy
Dear Editor, Nivolumab (anti-PD-1 antibody) is known to induce immunerelated adverse events (irAE) such as interstitial… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Central hypothyroidism in children.
Central congenital hypothyroidism (CCH) is an underdiagnosed disorder poorly described in childhood and adolescence. Congenital… 
2009
2009
Dependence on quetiapine in combination with zolpidem and clonazepam in bipolar depression
with gangrenous cholecystitis, which was treated with operation. On the 20th day after admission he experienced an episode of… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Prevalence of adrenocorticotropin deficiency in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency.
We sought to determine the prevalence of ACTH deficiency in children with GH deficiency (GHD) of unknown etiology with and… 
1993
1993
Isolated congenital ACTH deficiency: a cleavage enzyme defect?
The pro‐opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene encodes adreno‐corticotrophin (ACTH) which is derived from precursors by proteolytic… 
1992
1992
Plasma vasopressin and atrial natriuretic hormone levels in hypopituitarism with and without hydrocortisone treatments: responses to an acute water load.
To assess whether arginine vasopressin and atrial natriuretic hormone participate in impaired urinary dilution and excretion in… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
FOOD‐INDUCED CORTISOL SECRETION IS MEDIATED BY CENTRAL ALPHA‐1 ADRENOCEPTOR MODULATION OF PITUITARY ACTH SECRETION
Food ingestion stimulates Cortisol secretion in man, but the mechanism of this effect is unknown. We have investigated the… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Detection of antibodies to anterior pituitary cell surface membrane with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency.
Autoantibodies for anterior pituitary cell surface membrane (PitCSA) were assayed by immunofluorescence method using GH3 cells… 
1985
1985
The natural history of familial hypopituitarism.
Familial hypopituitarism in the Hutterite Brethren is an autosomal recessive disorder involving sequential loss of anterior… 
1978
1978
Transient suppression of growth hormone secretion after chronic ethanol intake.
Fifty-two percent of patients with chronic heavy intake of ethanol had an abnormally low growth hormone (GH) response to… 
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