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ea0029p13 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012

Influence of unilateral adrenalectomy on set point of Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis in long-term survivors of childhood nephroblastoma and neuroblastoma

van Waas M. , Pieters R. , Van Noesel M. , Van der Lely A. , De Jong F. , van den Heuvel M. , Neggers S.

Introduction: Adrenal insufficiency, or relative insufficiency, might partly explain increased mortality rates in nephroblastoma and neuroblastoma survivors after unilateral adrenalectomy. Aim of this study was to assess adrenal function and its metabolic effects after unilateral adrenalectomy.Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional study with a socio-demographically similar control group, conducted between October 2009-March 2011 at the Erasmus University...