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Primary aldosteronism: a new understanding.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Jan 2000
Gordon R D
Abstract excerpt
Primary aldosteronism (PAL) may always have a genetic basis. This leads to either abnormally regulated, increased biosynthesis (Familial Hyperaldosteronism Type I, FHI) or to unrestrained hyperplasia and neoplasia, usually benign. The distinction between diffuse hyperplasia, nodular hyperplasia and adenoma may be relatively unimportant in functional and etiological terms. The genetic basis must be understood...
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