Open AccessComorbid Latent Adrenal Insufficiency with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Author(s) -
T. Yamamoto
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000433532
Subject(s) - medicine , provocation test , euthyroid , asymptomatic , asthma , adrenal insufficiency , hydrocortisone , thyroid , gastroenterology , pathology , alternative medicine
Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) has been occasionally observed in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI). In contrast, less than 20 cases of comorbid PAI with ATD have been found in the English literature. One conceivable reason is difficulty in detecting latent PAI.
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