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Type I Pseudohypoaldosteronism Includes Two Clinically and Genetically Distinct Entities with either Renal or Multiple Target Organ Defects
1 Nov 1991
Abstract excerpt
Type I pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) is a hereditary disease characterized by salt wasting resulting from target organ unresponsiveness to mineralocorticoids. We have studied two kindreds including a total of nine patients with PHA. In kindred I, the propositus presented with renal salt wasting in infancy (vomiting, failure to thrive, short stature, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia) and responded dramatically to a high...
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