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Coexistence of different phenotypes in a family with glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Jan 2004
Fallo F, Pilon C, Williams T A, Sonino N, Morra Di Cella S, Veglio F, De Iasio R, Montanari P, Mulatero P
Abstract excerpt
In glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism (GRA), there is a large interfamily variation of phenotype. We report three subjects with GRA in a single family (parents, two brothers and two sisters), of whom only one (proband) displayed classical features of the mineralocorticoid excess. The proband was a man found to be hypertensive and hypokalaemic at the age of 24 years. Plasma renin activity was suppressed and...
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