Establishment of reference values for endocrine tests. III: Primary aldosteronism

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Baas, S J ^a   Endert, E ^a   Fliers, E ^a   Prummel, M F ^a   Wiersinga, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; REFERENCE VALUE; SALT LOADING; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RENIN;

EID: 0038661111     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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