Article
A compound heterozygote case of type II aldosterone synthase deficiency.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 2003
Dunlop Felicity M, Crock Patricia A, Montalto Joseph, Funder John W, Curnow Kathleen M
Abstract excerpt
An infant with failure to thrive, persistent hyponatremia and episodic vomiting and diarrhea was admitted to hospital at 9 months of age, and the diagnosis of type II aldosterone synthase deficiency was confirmed by plasma and urinary steroid determinations. The entire coding sequence of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) was determined (both strands) in the affected infant, an unaffected sibling, and both...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Chromatography, Thin Layer
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
- Female
- Genetic Testing
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors
- Models, Molecular
