Myopathy in association with primary hyperaldosteronism
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a woman with normotensive primary hyperaldosteronism
normotensive hyperaldosteronism is a rare disorder. it is usually diagnosed with hypokalemia or an adrenal mass. our patient was a 27-year-old female presented with weakness. she had normal blood pressure, hypokalemia, high plasma aldosterone level and suppressed plasma renin activity. after the saline load, test aldosterone didn’t show suppression. adrenal computed tomography revealed a left a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.35.2.202