Prevalence of adrenal and extra-adrenal Conn syndrome in hypertensive patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1190-1195

  Abdelhamid, Saleh ^a,b   Müller Lobeck, Heinrich ^b   Pahl, Stefan ^c   Remberger, Klaus ^c   Bönhof, Joerg A ^b   Walb, Dieter ^b   Röckel, Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18 HYDROXYCORTICOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONIDE; RENIN; TETRAHYDROALDOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029950075     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.11.1190     Document Type: Article

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