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Descriptor
English
:
Addison Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Addison
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Addison
Tree Number:
C19.053.500.263
C20.111.163
Definition
English
:
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.
History Note
English
:
2005 (1963)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
232
Unique Identifier:
D000224
Occurrence in VHL
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