Zona fasciculata-like histotype and aldosterone response to upright posture are not related in aldosterone-producing adenomas

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-78

  Fallo, F ^a   Barzon, L ^a   Biasi, F ^a   Altavilla, G ^a   Boscaro, M ^a   Sonino, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal cells; Aldosterone producing adenoma; Upright posture

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CELL; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 0031884761     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211954     Document Type: Article

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