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Addison’s disease is a condition in which patients excrete copious amounts of dilute urine and drink comparable volumes of water in compensation. The patient may suffer from adrenal tumor or atrophy.
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(2008). Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison’s Disease). In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_103
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