Secondary adrenal insufficiency

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]

Synonyms and keywords: hypocortisolism; hypocorticism; adrenocortical hypofunction

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Case#1

• Addison disease, primary adrenocortical insufficiency
• ACTH stimulation test
• Cushing’s syndrome, overproduction of cortisol
• Insulin tolerance test, another test used to identify sub-types of adrenal insufficiency.
• Adrenal fatigue (hypoadrenia), a term used in alternative medicine to describe a believed exhaustion of the adrenal glands.

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