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Primary Aldosteronism
Book chapter

Primary Aldosteronism

Alejandro Raul Ayala and Mark Anthony Jara
Handbook of Inpatient Endocrinology, pp.251-260
Springer International Publishing
2020-04-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38976-5_21

Abstract

Aldosterone Mineralocorticoid receptors Primary Aldosteronism
This chapter will focus on primary Aldosteronism (the most common form of endocrine hypertension). Other causes of endocrine hypertension that include pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndromes, severe cases of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, Cushing syndrome, hyperdeoxycorticosteronism, apparent mineralocorticoid excess syndrome, and acromegaly are reviewed elsewhere.

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