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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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ACTH resistance syndrome: An experience of three cases
Alpesh Goyal1, Hiya Boro1, Deepak Khandelwal2, Rajesh Khadgawat1
1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepak Khandelwal
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi - 110 026
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_501_18
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The term adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) resistance syndrome is used for a group of rare inherited disorders, which present with primary adrenal insufficiency during childhood. The syndrome includes two disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion – familial glucocorticoid deficiency and triple A syndrome. Herein, we report our experience of three cases with ACTH resistance syndrome, highlighting the approach to diagnosis and management in such patients.
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