ea0035p35 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2014
Dinsen Stina
, Baslund Bo
, Klose Marianne
, Rasmussen AEse Krogh
, Friis-Hansen Lennart
, Hilsted Linda
, Locht Henning
, Hansen Annette
, Feldt-Rasmussen Ulla
Objective: We aimed to assess the prevalence of glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency in prednisolone treated patients, and its relation to glucocorticoid dose and duration of treatment.Subjects and measures: As part of a larger study 48 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (33 women, aged 3485 years) treated with a mean prednisolone dose of 7.0 mg (range 520 mg) per day, and a mean duration of treatment of 95 months (range: 6360 m...