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A novel genetic locus for low renin hypertension: familial hyperaldosteronism type II maps to chromosome 7 (7p22).
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 2000
Lafferty A R, Torpy D J, Stowasser M, Taymans S E, Lin J P, Huggard P, Gordon R D, Stratakis C A
Abstract excerpt
Familial hyperaldosteronism type II (FH-II) is caused by adrenocortical hyperplasia or aldosteronoma or both and is frequently transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion. Unlike FH type I (FH-I), which results from fusion of the CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 genes, hyperaldosteronism in FH-II is not gluc...
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