TY - JOUR AU - Iwasaku, Masahiro AU - Shinzawa, Maki AU - Tanaka, Shiro AU - Kimachi, Kimihiko AU - Kawakami, Koji PY - 2017 DA - 2017/09/11 TI - Clinical characteristics of adrenal crisis in adult population with and without predisposing chronic adrenal insufficiency: a retrospective cohort study JO - BMC Endocrine Disorders SP - 58 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Adrenal crisis (AC) occurs in various clinical conditions but previous epidemiological studies in AC are limited to chronic adrenal insufficiency (AI) and sepsis. The aim of this study was to investigate characteristics of AC patients, including predisposing diseases and to describe candidate risk factors for AC such as comorbidities and glucocorticoid (GC) therapy. SN - 1472-6823 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-017-0208-0 DO - 10.1186/s12902-017-0208-0 ID - Iwasaku2017 ER -