Adrenal insufficiency in the elderly: a nationwide study of hospitalizations in Taiwan

Adrenal insufficiency (AI), a life-threatening disorder, usually starts with variable nonspecific symptoms and signs of poor appetite, fatigue, fever, and gastrointestinal discomfort, and may progress to adrenal crisis with complications of electrolyte imbalance, change of consciousness or even shoc...

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Yi-chun (VerfasserIn) , Chen, Yu-Chun (VerfasserIn) , Chou, Li-Fang (VerfasserIn) , Chen, Tzeng-Ji (VerfasserIn) , Hwang, Shinn-Jang (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2010
In: The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine
Year: 2010, Jahrgang: 221, Heft: 4, Pages: 281-285
ISSN:1349-3329
DOI:10.1620/tjem.221.281
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.221.281
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Verfasserangaben:Yi-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Tzeng-Ji Chen and Shinn-Jang Hwang

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