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Familial glucocorticoid deficiency

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Link to WHO Definition

Familial glucocorticoid deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/861297039

Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency (FGD) syndrome is a genetic adrenal insufficiency without mineralocorticoid deficiency presenting with recurrent hypoglycaemia (triggered, for example, by infectious episodes) that may lead to convulsions or even coma, chronic asthenia, frequent infections, susceptibility to allergies, and usually skin pigmentation.