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This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to addison's disease, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on addison's disease. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Addison's Disease: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Addison's Disease; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Addison's Disease; Chapter 5. Books on Addison's Disease; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Addison's Disease; Chapter 7. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 8. Dissertations on Addison's Disease; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; ADDISON'S DISEASE GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Addisonian crisis, Adrenal Hypoplasia, Adrenocortical Hypofunction, Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Chronic Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Corticoadrenalinsufficiency, Primary Adrenal Insufficiency, Primary adrenocortical insufficiency, Primary Failure Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (adrenal crisis).

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