… acid peptide produced from the cleavage of a large precursor, pro-opiomelanocortin. ACTH
… withdrawal, of glucocorticoid treatment may then cause symptoms of adrenal insufficiency [1…

… so are used to treat a wide spectrum of diseases. For the most … As described for discontinuation
of glucocorticoid therapy in … The loss of negative feedback at the pituitary leads to a large …

… The clinical picture is determined by the glucocorticoid deficit, … The clinical spectrum of
adrenal insufficiency has, however, … On the other hand, large use of grapefruit juice or licorice …

… to chromosome 8 revealed a large region of homozygosity … birth and was diagnosed with
adrenal insufficiency at age 3 yr. … present with a spectrum of phenotypes. At one end of this …

… (and its resultant hormone deficiency) falls within a spectrum … A large data base study in the
USA, which included >10,000 … is also known as glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency; …

… The present study provides evidence for the existence of glucocorticoid-responsive shock
states in the severely ill ICU patient, and it also confirms that the standard criteria for abnormal …

… exogenous administration of glucocorticoids. The second … the rate of adrenal insufficiency
in a large population of ICU … failure to improve on broad spectrum antibiotics. We hoped that …

Objective Glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is associated with increased risk of fracture in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To elucidate the cause of this increased risk, we examined …

… large body of literature. We review the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of adrenal
insufficiency … , respectively, may trigger need for glucocorticoid treatment. Assays of free …

… insufficiency (HPAI) is characterized by impaired ACTH secretion as a result of disease or
injury to the pituitary or hypothalamus or from prolonged exogenous glucocorticoid … spectrum …