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Mineralocorticoid receptors, salt, and hypertension.
Recent progress in hormone research - 1 Jan 1997
Funder J W, Krozowski Z, Myles K, Sato A, Sheppard K E, Young M
Abstract excerpt
This review, covering work from the Baker Institute and elsewhere, is divided into four sections. In the first a summary account of two areas-mineralocorticoid receptors and the enzyme 11 beta hyderoxysteroid dehydrogenase-will be given as background. Next is a brief consideration of the three single-gene causes of human hypertension described to date-glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. Liddle's syndrome,...
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