Primary aldosteronism: Are we diagnosing and operating on too few patients?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 941-947

  Gordon, Richard D ^a   Stowasser, Michael ^a   Rutherford, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMILORIDE; ANGIOTENSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADENOMA; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING;

ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; ENDOCRINE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0034918885     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0033-4     Document Type: Article

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