Article
Genetic variation in P450c11AS in Chilean patients with low renin hypertension.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1996
Fardella C E, Rodriguez H, Montero J, Zhang G, Vignolo P, Rojas A, Villarroel L, Miller W L
Abstract excerpt
Low renin hypertension (LRH), which accounts for 10-20% of patients with idiopathic "essential" hypertension, bears hormonal similarities to mineralocorticoid-induced hypertension, but elevated mineralocorticoid concentrations have not been found. Some patients with LRH have normal, rather than s...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
- Female
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Renin