New aspects on primary aldosteronism

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-332

  Enberg, Ulla ^a   Volpe, Cristina ^a   Hamberger, Bertil ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CYP11B1; CYP11B2; Hypertension; Primary aldosteronism; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ENZYME; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID; RENIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOKALEMIA; MASS; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM;

EID: 0037320012     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022341619943     Document Type: Article

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