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Abstract
Excess production of ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES such as ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; and/or ANDROSTENEDIONE. Hyperadrenal syndromes include CUSHING SYNDROME; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; and VIRILISM.
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- Adrenal Gland Hyperfunction
- Hyperadrenalism
- Hyperadrenocorticism
- Hypercorticism
- Hyperfunction, Adrenal Gland
- Hyperfunction, Adrenocortical
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with ADRENAL GLAND HYPOFUNCTION; non-congenital adrenal hyperplasia: index under ADRENAL GLANDS /pathol (IM) + HYPERPLASIA (NIM)
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2005 (1968)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Adrenocortical Hyperfunction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000308. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000308
- Adrenocortical Hyperfunction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenocortical_hyperfunction
- Adrenocortical Hyperfunction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4684750