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Risk factors for adrenal crisis in patients with adrenal insufficiency.
Patients with adrenal insufficiency have a life-threatening risk of adrenal crisis, thus preventing adrenal crisis is an important clinical issue. In order to clarify the risk factors for adrenal crisis, the medical records of 137 patients with established adrenal insufficiency were retrospectively investigated. The explanatory variables analyzed were gender, etiology of hypoadrenalism, class o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.97.756