Steroid-endocrine hypertension.

Testing for Endocrine Hypertension

Endocrine hypertension belongs to the group of secondary forms of hypertension and mostly is caused by disorders of the adrenal gland. There are also nonadrenal endocrine conditions that can lead to hypertension secondary to hormonal imbalance and this chapter reviews how to best identify patients with and test for such disorders. For complete coverage of all related areas of Endocrinology, ple...

Steroid Profiles in Endocrine and Psychiatric Diseases

1. V. Poór, S. Juricskay, T, Tényi, Á. Gáti, P. Osváth, Changes in the steroid metabolism in patients with major depression, 14, European College of

Screening for Endocrine Hypertension: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, Nutrition, and Internal Medicine, and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905; Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294; Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud UniversityMedical Ce...

Synthesis of endocrine control in hypertension.

Steroid-induced ocular hypertension in normal sheep.

PURPOSE To determine whether the ovine eye develops elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) in response to corticosteroid applied topically. METHODS IOP was monitored by Perkins applanation tonometry in a group of 18 sheep receiving topically administered 0.5% prednisolone acetate in one eye (experimental), three times daily, for a period of 3 or four 4 weeks after the establishment of baseli...