Hyperaldosteronism: recent concepts, diagnosis, and management
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Hyperaldosteronism: recent concepts, diagnosis, and management.
As a cause for hypertension, aldosterone excess is now thought to be more prevalent than previously quoted in textbooks. Classical features of hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis can be absent even in the presence of marked hypertension. This implies the need for a high index of suspicion and possibly argues the case for routine screening, especially in patients with “diYcult to treat” hyperte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.912.639