- Nelson's syndrome
- a condition in which an ACTH-producing pituitary tumour develops after loss of negative feedback following bilateral adrenalectomy, usually for Cushing's syndrome.D. H. Nelson (1925- ), US physician
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Nelson's syndrome
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