Hypertension in the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess due to mutation of the 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 gene

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Volumn 347, Issue 8994, 1996, Pages 88-91

  Stewart, Paul M ^a   Krozowski, Zygmunt S ^d   Gupta, Amrit ^a   Milford, David V ^c   Howie, Alex J ^b   Sheppard, Michael C ^a   Whorwood, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MINERALOCORTICOID; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXON; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLACENTA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STILLBIRTH; STOP CODON;

EID: 0030049329     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90211-1     Document Type: Article

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