Corrado Betterle, Riccardo Scarpa, Silvia Garelli, Luca Morlin, Francesca Lazzarotto, Fabio Presotto, Graziella Coco, Stefano Masiero, Anna Parolo, Maria Paola Albergoni, Roberta Favero, Susi Barollo, Monica Salvà, Daniela Basso, Shu Chen, Bernard Rees Smith, Jadwiga Furmaniak, Franco Mantero
OBJECTIVE: Addison's disease (AD) is a rare endocrine condition. DESIGN: We aimed to evaluate clinical, immunologic, adrenal imaging, and genetic features in 633 Italian patients with AD followed up since 1967. METHODS: Adrenal cortex autoantibodies, presence of other autoimmune and nonautoimmune diseases, nonadrenal autoantibodies, adrenal imaging, and genetic profile for HLA-DRB1 and AIRE were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 492 (77...
December 2013: European Journal of Endocrinology