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Novel medications inducing adrenal insufficiency

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 15, pages 561–562 (2019)Cite this article

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Emerging evidence demonstrates that an increasing number of novel medications have considerable potential to induce adrenal insufficiency. This condition might lead to acute adrenocortical insufficiency, which is potentially fatal; however, the condition could be avoided if clinicians are more aware of the new findings and their implications.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

    Stefan R. Bornstein & Cynthia L. Andoniadou

  2. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

    Stefan R. Bornstein

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Tobias D. Bornstein

  4. Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK

    Cynthia L. Andoniadou

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Bornstein, S.R., Bornstein, T.D. & Andoniadou, C.L. Novel medications inducing adrenal insufficiency. Nat Rev Endocrinol 15, 561–562 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-019-0248-9

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