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Liddle's syndrome: heritable human hypertension caused by mutations in the beta subunit of the epithelial sodium channel.
Cell - 4 Nov 1994
Shimkets R A, Warnock D G, Bositis C M, Nelson-Williams C, Hansson J H, Schambelan M, Gill J R, Ulick S, Milora R V, Findling J W
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Liddle's syndrome (pseudoaldosteronism) is an autosomal dominant form of human hypertension characterized by a constellation of findings suggesting constitutive activation of the amiloride-sensitive distal renal epithelial sodium channel. We demonstrate complete linkage of the gene encoding the beta subunit of the epithelial sodium channel to Liddle's syndrome in Liddle's original kindred. Analysis of this gene...
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