Disorders of mineralocorticoid synthesis.

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Abnormalities of mineralocorticoid synthesis and/or metabolism profoundly affect the regulation of electrolyte and water balance and of blood pressure. Characteristic changes in extracellular potassium, sodium and hydrogen ion concentrations are usually diagnostic. Serious deficiency may be acquired, for example in Addison's disease, or inherited. In most of the inherited syndromes, the precise molecular changes...

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