ACTH Resistance Syndrome: An Experience of Three Cases.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330879 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov-Dec
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ACTH Resistance Syndrome: An Experience of Three Cases.
Goyal Alpesh A Boro Hiya H Khandelwal Deepak D Khadgawat Rajesh R
Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism 20181101 6
The term adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) resistance syndrome is used for a group of rare inherited disorders, which present with primary adrenal insufficiency during childhood. The syndrome includes two disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion - familial glucocorticoid deficiency and triple A syndrome. Herein, we report our experience of three cases with ACTH resistance syndrome, highlighting the approach to diagnosis and management in such patients. ...[more]
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