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ArticleCureus2025

Adrenal Hypoplasia: A Diagnostic and Clinical Challenge.

Sara Geraldes Paulino, Alice Porto Guerra Vasconcelos, Sofia Ferreira, Carla Costa, Rita Santos Silva, Cintia Castro-Correia

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sara Geraldes PaulinoPediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PRT.
Alice Porto Guerra VasconcelosGenetics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PRT.
Sofia FerreiraPediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PRT.
Carla CostaPediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PRT.
Rita Santos SilvaPediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PRT.
Cintia Castro-CorreiaPediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PRT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adrenal insufficiency can be life-threatening and results from inadequate secretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex. In pediatric patients, the most common cause is congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency. We present a clinical case of a 17-year-old male. During the neonatal period, he experienced a salt-wasting crisis with shock, hyponatremia, metabolic acidosis, and elevated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels, with normal 17-hydroxyprogesterone. Hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone were initiated. Ten months later, genetic testing for the

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adrenal hypoplasia congenitaadrenal insufficiencygenetic syndromeshypogonadotropic hypogonadismsalt-wasting crisis

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PMID40013223
PMCPMC11864454

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