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Cushing's Syndrome Secondary to Adulterated Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Sg Sazlina1, A Zaiton2.   

Abstract

This is a case of a 65 year old lady who presented with Cushing's syndrome secondary to ingestion of a complementary and alternative medicine that has been adulterated with exogenous glucocorticoids. In a clinical consultation, it is important to include assessment of complementary and alternative medicine use for a comprehensive care.

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Keywords:  Cushing’s syndrome; complementary and alternative medicine; glucocorticoids

Year:  2009        PMID： 25606172      PMCID： PMC4267039     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Malays Fam Physician        ISSN： 1985-2274


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Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2019-02-19
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