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Mineralocorticoid receptor mutations are the principal cause of renal type 1 pseudohypoaldosteronism.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2007
Pujo Lucie, Fagart Jérôme, Gary Françoise, Papadimitriou Dimitris T, Claës Aurélie, Jeunemaître Xavier, Zennaro Maria-Christina
Abstract excerpt
Aldosterone plays a key role in electrolyte balance and blood pressure regulation. Type 1 pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA1) is a primary form of mineralocorticoid resistance characterized in the newborn by salt wasting, hyperkalemia, and failure to thrive. Inactivating mutations of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR; NR3C2) are responsible for autosomal dominant and some sporadic cases of PHA1. The question as to...
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