A tale of two patients with Mendelian hypertension

Hypertension. 2008 Mar;51(3):609-14. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.101915. Epub 2008 Feb 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2 / genetics
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hyperaldosteronism / complications
  • Hyperaldosteronism / drug therapy
  • Hyperaldosteronism / etiology
  • Hypertension / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension / genetics*
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Hypokalemia / complications
  • Male
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase / genetics

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Dexamethasone
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
  • Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase