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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Aldosteronism with Cardiovascular Events.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 2020
Wu Vin-Cent, Chueh Jeff S, Hsieh Mei-Yun, Hu Ya-Hui, Huang Kuo-How, Lin Yen-Hung, Yang Shao-Yu, Chu Tzong-Shinn, Kuo Chang-Fu
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CONTEXT: To date, the effect of positive family history as a risk factor of primary aldosteronism (PA) is largely unknown. Studies have failed to distinguish the heritability of PA as well as the associations between positive family history of PA and clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVES: We quantified the prevalence, the extent of familial aggregation, the heritability of PA among family members of patients with PA, and...
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