Hormonal hypertension in children: 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency and apparent mineralocorticoid excess.

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Blood pressure is determined by the product of cardiac output, intravascular volume, and peripheral resistance. Because hormones are involved in blood pressure regulation and affect these parameters, hypertension is a prominent feature of certain adrenal enzymatic abnormalities. In this report, two steroid-dependent forms of genetic low-renin hypertension are examined: 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency and apparent...

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