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After surgery to treat Cushing's disease, some patients show very low levels of cortisol in the blood, reduced ability to convert cortisone to cortisol, and faster clearance of cortisol from the bloodstream, suggesting a partial deficiency in the enzyme 11beta-HSD1.
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After surgery for Cushing's disease, this patient's body couldn't turn a harmless hormone (cortisone) into the active one (cortisol) very well, so even though she had too much cortisol before, her body cleared it faster and didn't show the usual symptoms. This matches exactly what the claim says.
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