Hyperaldosteronism
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Familial hyperaldosteronism.
Aldosterone, the major circulating mineralocorticoid, participates in blood volume and serum potassium homeostasis. Primary aldosteronism is a disorder characterised by hypertension and hypokalaemia due to autonomous aldosterone secretion from the adrenocortical zona glomerulosa. Improved screening techniques, particularly application of the plasma aldosterone:plasma renin activity ratio, have ...
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Hypertension is a common medical condition and affects approximately 20% of the population in developed countries. Primary aldosteronism is the most common form of secondary hypertension and affects 8-13% of patients with hypertension. The two most common causes of primary aldosteronism are aldosterone-producing adenoma and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Familial hyperaldosteronism types I, II ...
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criteria for a diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. In a more recent report of an outbreak of the disease Dunnet (1963) described 80 cases; the diagnostic criteria used were stringent. Though almost all of the 80 cases had evidence of hepatic involvement and 13 (16%) had electrocardiographic changes, only a few had the radiological appearances of enlarged hilar lymph nodes and none had pulmon...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1960
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5204.990