Long-Term DHEA Replacement in Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Randomized, Controlled Trial - Gurnell, Eleanor M.; Hunt, Penelope J.; Curran, Suzanne E.; Conway, Catherine L.; Pullenayegum, Eleanor M.; Huppert, Felicia A.; Compston, Juliet E.; Herbert, Joseph; Chatterjee, V. Krishna K. (The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2008)
Keywords: Absorptiometry, Photon; Addison Disease - blood; Addison Disease - drug therapy; Adrenals. Adrenal axis. Renin-angiotensin system (diseases); Adult; Aged; Androstenedione; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness; Body composition; Body Composition - drug effects; Body fat; Bone composition; Bone density; Bone Density - drug effects; Bone mass; Bone mineral density; Cognition - drug effects; Cognitive ability; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone - therapeutic use; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate - blood; Double-Blind Method; Endocrinopathies; Fatigue; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormone Replacement Therapy - methods; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms; Original; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Sex hormones; Statistics, Nonparametric; Steroid hormones; Surveys and Questionnaires; Testosterone; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Endocrinopathy; Obesity; Nutrition; Nutrition disorder; Metabolic diseases; Replacement; Long term; Randomized controlled trial; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Randomization; Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenal gland diseases; Primary; Clinical trial; Endocrinology; Nutritional status