High prevalence of liddle syndrome phenotype among hypertensive US veterans in northwest Louisiana

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 856-860

  Tapolyai, Mihály ^a,b   Uysal, Aşkin ^a,b   Dossabhoy, Neville R ^a,b   Zsom, Lajos ^c   Szarvas, Tibor ^d   Lengvárszky, Zsolt ^d   Fülöp, Tibor ^c  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICARBONATE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIDDLE SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BICARBONATES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; LIDDLE SYNDROME; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RENIN; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 78249238518     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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