CLINICAL CASE STUDY. SEVERE HYPONATREMIA WITH HIGH URINE SODIUM AND OSMOLALITY

primary adrenal insufficiency, syndrome of inappropriateantidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), hyponatremia, osmolality

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