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Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Addison Disease
Endocrine System Diseases > Adrenal Gland Diseases > Adrenal Insufficiency > Addison Disease

Preferred term

Addison Disease  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Addison's Disease
  • Addisons Disease
  • Adrenal Insufficiency, Primary
  • Adrenocortical Insufficiencies, Primary
  • Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Primary
  • Hypoadrenalism, Primary
  • Hypoadrenalisms, Primary
  • Insufficiencies, Primary Adrenocortical
  • Insufficiency, Primary Adrenocortical
  • Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
  • Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiencies
  • Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiency
  • Primary Hypoadrenalism

Scope note

  • An adrenal disease characterized by the progressive destruction of the ADRENAL CORTEX, resulting in insufficient production of ALDOSTERONE and HYDROCORTISONE. Clinical symptoms include ANOREXIA; NAUSEA; WEIGHT LOSS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; and HYPERPIGMENTATION of the SKIN due to increase in circulating levels of ACTH precursor hormone which stimulates MELANOCYTES.

History note

  • 2005 (1963)

In other languages

  • Addisonin tauti

    Finnish

  • Addison
  • Addisons sjukdom
  • adrenalitis autoimmunalis
  • autoimmun adrenalit
  • autoimmuuni lisämunuaistulehdus
  • hypofunctio adrenocorticalis primaria
  • insufficientia adrenocorticalis primaria
  • lisämunuaiskuoren vajaatoiminta
  • morbus Addison
  • primaarinen lisämunuaiskuoren vajaatoiminta
  • primär binjurebarksinsufficiens
  • Addisons sjukdom

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000224

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