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Adrenocortical Causes of Hypertension

Primary aldosteronism is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. In the past, screening for primary aldosteronism was offered only in patients with hypertension associated with hypokalemia. Recent studies showed that hypokalemia is seen in only 25% of the patients with primary aldosteronism...

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Autores principales: Moraitis, Andreas, Stratakis, Constantine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423682
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/624691