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Familial/sporadic glucocorticoid resistance syndrome and hypertension.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Sept 2002
Kino Tomoshige, Vottero Alessandra, Charmandari Evangelia, Chrousos George P
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Glucocorticoids regulate diverse functions important for the maintenance of central nervous system, cardiovascular, metabolic, and immune homeostasis. The actions of these hormones are mediated by the specific intracellular glucocorticoid receptors (GRs). Pathologic conditions associated with changes of tissue sensitivity to these hormones have been described. The syndrome of familial/sporadic glucocorticoid...
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