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Familial hyperaldosteronism type II: five families with a new variety of primary aldosteronism.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 May 1992
Stowasser M, Gordon R D, Tunny T J, Klemm S A, Finn W L, Krek A L
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1. Thirteen patients from five families had Familial Hyperaldosteronism Type II (FH-II), a new variety of familial primary aldosteronism not suppressible with dexamethasone that often involves adrenocortical adenoma formation. 2. Five patients had solitary aldosterone-producing adenomas, three had bilateral autonomous overproduction of aldosterone, and in five the subtype is yet to be determined. 3. Comparing...
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