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Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency

Known as: Central adrenal insufficiency 
A hormonal disorder that occurs when lack of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion from the hypothalamus or adrenocorticotropic hormone… 
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Adrenal Insufficiency as a Result of Ritonavir and Exogenous Steroid Exposure
Numerous cases of Cushing syndrome have been reported as a result of the interaction between ritonavir (RTV) and exogenous… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
High Frequency of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysfunction After Local Corticosteroid Injection in HIV-Infected Patients on Protease Inhibitor Therapy
Background:The frequency of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction among HIV-infected patients receiving steroid… 
2013
2013
DHEA(S)—a novel marker in Cushing’s disease
IntroductionDehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA(S)) is a multi-functional steroid implicated in a broad range of biological… 
2009
2009
Secondary adrenal insufficiency due to opiate therapy - another differential diagnosis worth consideration.
We report on a 64-year-old patient in whom fentanyl therapy was found to be responsible for the induction of secondary adrenal… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Late effects in survivors of childhood cancer.
1. Mandy M. Meck, MD* 2. Margaret Leary, MD* 3. Richard H. Sills, MD* 1. *Albany Medical College, Department of Pediatrics… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Pulsatile administration of human corticotropin-releasing hormone in patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency: restoration of the normal cortisol secretory pattern.
Human corticotropin-releasing hormone (hCRH) was administered in a pulsatile fashion to eight patients with secondary adrenal… 
1985
1985
ACTH AND CORTISOL RESPONSES TO OVINE CORTICOTROPHIN‐RELEASING FACTOR IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ADRENAL FAILURE
The ACTH and cortisol responses to an intravenous bolus injection of 100 μg ovine CRF were studied in 19 patients with adrenal… 
1979
1979
Metyrapone test with adrenocorticotrophic levels. Separating primary from secondary adrenal insufficiency.
Basal plasma adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol concentrations as well as plasma ACTH and 11-deoxycortisol… 
1975
1975
SECONDARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY DUE TO CYPROTERONACETATE
Patients treated with Cyproteronacetate in a daily dose of 75 mg/M2 complained of striking fatigue at the beginning of treatment… 
1962
1962
Mechanisms of impaired water excretion in adrenal and pituitary insufficiency. III. The effect of extracellular or plasma volume expansion, or both, on the impaired diuresis.
Earlier studies suggest that cortisol and related glucocorticoids correct the impaired water diuresis of primary and secondary… 
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