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Prevalence of mild apparent mineralocorticoid excess in Mennonites.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1999
Ugrasbul F, Wiens T, Rubinstein P, New M I, Wilson R C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: We have studied an unusual patient with mild low-renin hypertension due to a homozygous mutation in the HSD11B2 gene (PNAS 95:10200-10205, 1998). The patient came from an inbred Mennonite family, and though the mutation identified her as an AME patient, she had a normal birth weight and did not demonstrate the typical features of AME, such as hypokalemic alkalosis, low birth weight, failure to thrive,...
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