Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 48-52 , January 2010

Acute Adrenal Crisis Masquerading as Septic Shock In a Healthy Young Woman

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 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0891-5245(09)00310-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.09.007

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 48-52 , January 2010