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A case of Addison's disease.
Cheol Hee Hwang, Dong Kui Lee, Myung Sug Nam, Mun Ki Cho
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(8):1169-1174.   Published online August 31, 1991
Addison’s disease is a rare disorder resulting from progressive adrenocortical destruction regardless of the nature of underlying process. A 5-year-old boy with Addison’s disease without other endocrine disorder presented with a brief review of the literature. The patient was admitted to out hospital because of poor appetite and generalized darkish brown pigmentation of skin and mucous membrane. On physical examination, skin and mucous membrane were...