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- Hyperpigmentation and hypotension
A 65-year-old man presents after 2 months of weakness, dizziness, and blurred vision. What test should be ordered?
Family history: Still relevant in the genomics eraFamily history is still relevant, being a proxy for genetic, environmental, and behavioral risks to health.
- Glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal suppression (November 2011)
Readers comment on previous articles about glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal failure (November 2011), essential tremor (December 2011), and Parkinson disease (January 2012).
- Factor V Leiden: How great is the risk of venous thromboembolism?
The risk of a first episode of thromboembolism is two to five times higher with the heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation, but the absolute risk is still low.
- In Reply: Glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal suppression (November 2011)
Readers comment on previous articles about glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal failure (November 2011), essential tremor (December 2011), and Parkinson disease (January 2012).
- Examine before ordering: An algorithm unchanged by new tests
I have always been irked when doctors reflexively order panels of immunologic tests when evaluating patients with “arthritis.”