Increased Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism, Including Surgically Correctable Forms, in Centers from Five Continents
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Aldosterone-producing adenoma and other surgically correctable forms of primary aldosteronism
Surgically correctable forms of primary aldosteronism are characterized by unilateral aldosterone hypersecretion and renin suppression, associated with varying degrees of hypertension and hypokalemia. Unilateral aldosterone hypersecretion is caused by an aldosterone-producing adenoma (also known as Conn's adenoma and aldosteronoma), primary unilateral adrenal hyperplasia and rare cases of aldos...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031337