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Also Known As	hypocortisonism • primary adrenocortical insufficiency • adrenal cortical insufficiency • adrenocortical hypofunction

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adrenal crisis adrenal gland Schmidt syndrome Cushing syndrome congenital adrenal hyperplasia hyperaldosteronism pheochromocytoma hypoaldosteronism

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Addison, Thomas

Thomas Addison

British physician

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