Cautions over the current epidemic of primary aldosteronism

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9260, 2001, Pages 953-954

  Kaplan, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0035941955     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04223-9     Document Type: Note

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