Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Even at physiological doses, glucocorticoid replacement therapy may lead to deleterious outcomes on bone mineral density (BMD).The aim of our study was to investigate the BMD in Tunisian patients with Addison disease and to identify the risk factors associated with its decline.Patients and methods: The study included 50 patients diagnosed with primary adrenal disease (Addison disease). BMD was assessed by the dual -energy -X-ray absopitomet...