Primary aldosteronism combined with preclinical Cushing's syndrome in an elderly patient

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1425-1427

  Fujii, Hideki ^a   Kamide, Kei ^a,c   Miyake, Osamu ^b   Abe, Toyofumi ^b   Nagai, Michiko ^b   Nakahama, Hajime ^a   Horio, Takeshi ^a   Takiuchi, Shin ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^b   Yutani, Chikao ^a   Kawano, Yuhei ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemical study; Pre clinical Cushing's syndrome; Primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPOKALEMIA;

EID: 27644510753     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1425     Document Type: Article

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