TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Adrenal Insufficiency A1 - Idrose, Alzamani Mohammad A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Thomas, Stephen H. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e AB - The adrenal gland synthesizes steroid hormones in the cortex and catecholamines in the medulla. Primary adrenal insufficiency, or Addison’s disease, is due to intrinsic adrenal gland dysfunction and results in decreased cortisol, aldosterone, and gonadotropin production. About 90% of the gland must be destroyed for clinical adrenal insufficiency to develop. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166812404 ER -