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HYPOCORTISOLISME [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Hormones
  • Urinary Tract
DEF

A chronic insufficiency in cortisol.

CONT

Addison's disease is an endocrine or hormonal disorder that occurs ... when the [outer layer, or cortex, of the] adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol, and in some cases, the hormone aldosterone. For this reason, the disease is sometimes called chronic adrenal insufficiency (or hypocortisolism).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Hormones
  • Appareil urinaire
DEF

Insuffisance chronique en cortisol.

CONT

La cortisolémie permet de reconnaître une hypersécrétion pathologique de cortisol(syndrome de Cushing, par exemple) ou un hypocortisolisme(maladie d’Addison).

OBS

Cortisolémie : taux de cortisol dans le sang.

Spanish

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