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Primary aldosteronism caused by a pI157S somatic KCNJ5 mutation in a black adolescent female with aldosterone-producing adenoma.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2022
Gomez-Sanchez Celso E, van Rooyen Desmaré, Rainey William E, Nanba Kazutaka, Blinder Amy R, Baliga Radhakrishna
Abstract excerpt
Aldosterone-producing adenoma is a rare cause of hypertension in children. Only a limited number of cases of aldosterone-producing adenomas with somatic KCNJ5 gene mutations have been described in children. Blacks are particularly more susceptible to developing long-standing cardiovascular effects of aldosterone-induced severe hypertension. Somatic CACNA1D gene mutations are particularly more prevalent in black...
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