Hereditary Addison's Disease in Relation to Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract
THE recognized types of adrenocortical insufficiency may be classified into several clinical subgroups: congenital hypoplasia of the adrenal cortex without any other abnormality,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 with anencephaly12 or with hypoplasia of the pituitary gland13 14 15 16; primary hypoadrenocorticism and spastic paraplegia with gliosis and perivascular infiltration of the cerebral hemispheres (Addison—Scholz disease)17 18 19 or with spastic paraplegia of unestablished origin20 , 21; atrophy and fibrosis of the adrenal glands without recognizable cause and without other concomitants22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39; adrenal atrophy and fibrosis of unknown origin with hypoparathyroidism or moniliasis or both40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51; injury or destruction of the adrenal glands by tuberculosis or other identifiable causes or . . .

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