The diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in a patient with Allgrove syndrome and a novel mutation in the ALADIN gene.

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Allgrove syndrome is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern and characterized by a triad of adrenal insufficiency, achalasia, and alacrima. The gene affected by the mutation in patients with Allgrove syndrome is termed either AAAS or ALADIN (alacrima/achalasia/adrenal insufficiency/neurologic disorder). Adrenal insufficiency in patients with this disorder may develop as late as the third...

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