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Descriptor English:   Adrenal Insufficiency 
Descriptor Spanish:   Insuficiencia Suprarrenal 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Insuficiência Adrenal 
Synonyms English:   Adrenal Gland Hypofunction  
Tree Number:   C19.053.500
Definition English:   Conditions in which the production of adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS falls below the requirement of the body. Adrenal insufficiency can be caused by defects in the ADRENAL GLANDS, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the HYPOTHALAMUS. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with ADRENAL GLAND HYPERFUNCTION
See Related English:   Adrenal Cortex Hormones
 
History Note English:   2005 (1968) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   312 
Unique Identifier:   D000309 

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