Primary aldosteronism with bilateral multiple aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 970-975

  Matsuda, Akira ^b,c   Beniko, Mutsuo ^b   Ikota, Akemi ^b   Yamazaki, Masao ^b   Koizumi, Shigeki ^b   Mizumoto, Hiroaki ^b   Watanabe, Takeo ^b   Matsuya, Kumiko ^b   Kunita, Haruhiko ^b   Mashio, Yasuo ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kin ikyo Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldosterone producing adenoma; Bilateral adrenocortical lesions; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERALDOSTERONISM;

EID: 0030338140     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.970     Document Type: Article

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