Aldosterone-producing adenomas do not contain glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism chimeric gene duplications

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4310-4312

  Carroll, J ^a   Dluhy, R ^a   Fallo, F ^b   Pistorello, M ^b   Bradwin, G ^a   Gomez Sanchez, C E ^c   Mortensen, R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18 HYDROXYHYDROCORTISONE; 18 OXOHYDROCORTISONE; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; RENIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CHIMERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0029801755     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4310     Document Type: Article

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