ea0056oc5.4 | Diving deep into adrenal cortex diseases | ECE2018
Weng Andreas
, Burger-Stritt Stephanie
, Chifu Irina
, Christa Martin
, Petritsch Bernhard
, Bley Thorsten
, Kostler Herbert
, Hahner Stefanie
Introduction: Patients with chronic primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) depend on lifelong gluco- (GC) and mineralocorticoid (MC) replacement therapy. Reduced subjective well-being is however often described by these patients in absence of clinical or laboratory abnormalities and is thus a strong indicator of the gap between the concept of adequate hormone substitution and patientsÂ’ requirements. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of 23...