About an epidemic of primary aldosteronism [1]

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Plouin, Pierre François ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM;

EID: 38549097610     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.104448     Document Type: Letter

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