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Postoperative adrenal crisis in a patient with Schmidt syndrome (autoimmune polyglandular endocrinopathy Type II)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

B. Mazul-Sunko ,
J. Rešetic ,
M. Solter  and
Z. Ivanec
B. Mazul-Sunko
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Endocrinology, University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
J. Rešetic
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Endocrinology, University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
M. Solter
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Endocrinology, University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Z. Ivanec
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Endocrinology, University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2004 , pp. 416 - 417
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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