Response to Letter to the Editor: "Adrenalectomy Completely Cured Hypertension in Familial Hyperaldosteronism Type I Patients with Somatic KCNJ5 Mutation"

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 May 1;105(5):dgz110. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz110.

Authors

Yu-Fang Lin¹, Kang-Yung Peng², Chia-Hui Chang³, Ya-Hui Hu³, Vin-Cent Wu¹, Jeff S Chueh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
³ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁴ Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 31634403
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgz110

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Adrenalectomy
G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels / genetics
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism* / genetics
Hyperaldosteronism* / surgery
Hypertension* / genetics
Mutation

Substances

G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels
KCNJ5 protein, human

Supplementary concepts

Familial Hyperaldosteronism