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A Case of Salt-Wasting 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency With Resistance to Aldosterone due to Urinary Tract Infection

Classic salt-wasting 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) often requires fludrocortisone (FC) replacement. However, the optimal dose of FC varies between patients and the dose needs to be adjusted depending on the degree of symptoms. Further, the aldosterone resistance due to urinary tract infections...

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Autores principales: Shimakawa, Urara, Shigehara, Keiichi, Kawabe, Yasuhiro, Ouchi, Kazutaka, Mori, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7779137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33409011
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11763