Addison's Disease Complicated by Chronic Glomerulonephritis

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IN THE classic description of the disease that bears his name, Addison presented no significant clinical evidence of renal disease in any of the 11 cases he reported. Of those cases, all of which were autopsied, only one is reported to have been diffusely pathologic. He describes the kidneys of this case as "contracted and granular."1 Review of the Recent Literature Regarding the effect of adrenocortical insufficiency in renal function, it is fair to state that very little of anything happens to renal function in the intercritical phases of Addison's disease. On the other hand, nearly all investigators find rather . . .

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