Aldosterone synthase gene variation and adrenocortical response to sodium status, angiotensin II and ACTH in normal male subjects

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-181

  Kennon, Brian ^a   Ingram, Mary C ^a   Friel, Elaine C ^a   Anderson, Niall H ^a   MacKenzie, Scott M ^a   Davies, Eleanor ^a   Shakerdi, Loai ^b   Wallace, A Michael ^b   Fraser, Robert ^a   Connell, John M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANGIOTENSIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTODOXONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TETRAHYDRO 11 DEOXYCORTISOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CYP11B2 GENE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID HYDROXYLATION; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANGIOTENSIN II; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTODOXONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 4143069046     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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