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Management of patients with glucocorticoid deficiency

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  1. University of Bristol and a Specialist Registrar in Endocrinology and Diabetes,

    Anna Crown & Stafford Lightman

  2. University of Bristol and the Director of the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Bristol, UK

    Anna Crown & Stafford Lightman

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Crown, A., Lightman, S. Management of patients with glucocorticoid deficiency. Nat Rev Endocrinol 1, 62–63 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0051

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