Progesterone increase counteracts aldosterone action in a pregnant woman with primary aldosteronism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-279

  Ronconi, Vanessa ^a   Turchi, Federica ^a   Zennaro, Maria Christina ^b   Boscaro, Marco ^a   Giacchetti, Gilberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 78651281648     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03901.x     Document Type: Letter

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