References and Links

Useful books include:

Williams Textbook of Endocrinology (11th edition) H.Kronenberg, S.Melmed, K.Polonsky, P.Larsen (2008) 479-484

Useful websites include:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/addisons1.shtml

https://www.addisons.org.uk/info/diagnosis/page1.html

https://www.addisons.org.uk/info/manual/introduction.pdf

https://www.patient.co.uk/health/Addison's-Disease.htm

 

Other resources:

Wikimedia provided copyright-friendly images used in this website.

Flickr also provided images under the creative commons liscence.

 

Further Reading:

Klement et al 2009

High-calorie glucose-rich food attenuates nuroglycopenic symptoms in patients with Addison’s disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism 95 1-7

 

Vita et al 1985

Clinical clues to the cause of Addison’s disease

The American Journal of medicine 9343(85)90333-0

 

 

Corrado Betterle 1997

Adrenal cortex and steroid 21-Hydroxylase Autoantibodies in children with organ-specific autoimmune disease: markers of high progression to clinical Addison's disease.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 82 939-942

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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