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Adrenal insufficiency in two women with anticardiolipin antibodies. Cause and effect?
E N Levy1, R Ramsey-Goldman, L E Kahl
1Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Arthritis and Rheumatism
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
We describe 2 women with anticardiolipin antibodies and a lupus-like disorder who developed acute adrenal insufficiency. We also review 5 similar cases reported previously. Anticardiolipin antibodies appear to be a risk factor for this vascular complication.