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Hypertension due to a deoxycorticosterone-secreting adrenal tumour diagnosed during pregnancy

Mineralocorticoid hypertension is most often caused by autonomous overproduction of aldosterone, but excess of other mineralocorticoid precursors can lead to a similar presentation. 11-Deoxycorticosterone (DOC) excess, which can occur in 11-β hydroxylase or 17-α hydroxylase deficiencies, in DOC-prod...

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Autores principales: Marques, Pedro, Tufton, Nicola, Bhattacharya, Satya, Caulfield, Mark, Akker, Scott A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31051469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-18-0164