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Five children with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) insensitivity associated with autonomic nervous system disorders are described. At the time of diagnosis, four of them had osteoporosis. The fifth patient died and skeletal roentgenograms were not done. Osteoporosis was subsequently discovered in one of our previously reported patients with ACTH insensitivity. We assume that osteoporosis is, at least partly, the result of decreased adrenal androgen production. Human leucocyte antigen typing failed to establish any linkage.
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Abbreviations
- ACTH:
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adrenocorticotropic hormone
- HLA:
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human leucocyte antigen
- PRA:
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plasma renin activity
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Dumić, M., Radica, A., Sabol, Z. et al. Adrenocorticotropic hormone insensitivity associated with autonomic nervous system disorders. Eur J Pediatr 150, 696–699 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958757
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