Measurement Surgery recommended in all who meet the following guideline Age <50 years old Bone mineral density T-score <−2.5 at any site and/or prior fragility fracture Creatinine clearance (calculated) <60…
Gastrointestinal factors: Insufficient oral intake Malabsorption resulting from chronic pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, Whipple’s disease, radiation enteritis, bariatric surgery Metabolic factors: Chronic renal insufficiency (from decreased…
Fig. 14.1 Brain areas crucial to mineralocorticoid-salt and renovascular hypertension History A century after Addison described patients with adrenal cortical destruction as having “asthenic” hearts, deoxycorticosterone, DOC, the first mineralocorticoid…
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Fig. 5.1 Pathway of adrenal steroid biosynthesis. The enzymes responsible for each biosynthetic step are above or adjacent to arrows. Each box represents a respective zone of the adrenal cortex….
