Open AccessSub-clinical Addison′s disease
Author(s) -
Manash P Baruah
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.104033
Subject(s) - medicine , subclinical infection , addison's disease , etiology , adrenal insufficiency , disease , tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , pathology
As autoimmune adrenalitis is fast replacing tuberculosis as the most common etiology cause of adrenal insufficiency, subtler forms of the same are being recognised as subclinical addison's disease. In this article, we review what is known about this entity till date.