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Autoimmune Addison disease: pathophysiology and genetic complexity.
Nature reviews. Endocrinology - 31 Jan 2012
Mitchell Anna L, Pearce Simon H S
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune Addison disease is a rare autoimmune disorder with symptoms that typically develop over months or years. Following the development of serum autoantibodies to the key steroidogenic enzyme, 21-hydroxylase, patients have a period of compensated or preclinical disease, characterized by elevations in adrenocortocotropic hormone and renin, before overt, symptomatic adrenal failure develops. We propose that...
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