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Changes in the Perceived Epidemiology of Primary Hyperaldosteronism
International Journal of Hypertension, 2011 Primary aldosteronism has been considered a rare disease in the past years, affecting 1% of the hypertensive population. Subsequently, growing evidence of its higher prevalence is present in literature, although the estimates of disease range from 5 up ...
Riccardo Maria Fagugli, Chiara Taglioni
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A Young Patient with Leg Weakness and Hypokalemia—Case Report
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2018 A 20-year-old female patient was admitted to hospital because of bilateral leg weakness. Laboratory investigation showed metabolic alkalosis and severe hypokalemia.
Elias Andrawus +2 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism: Review
, 2007 Primary hyperaldosteronism is the syndrome of excessive aldosterone secretion and concomitant suppression of the angiotensin-renin system. Its main pathophysiological features are hypertension, altered potassium homeostasis and accelerated target organ ...
Oezmen, Dilek, Oezmen, Bilgin
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Rhabdomyolysis Secondary to Severe Hypokalemia - Case Report
Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2010 Primary hyperaldosteronism is an endocrine disorder characterized by an increased aldosterone excretion from the adrenal glands, which causes hypertension, hypokalemia, and suppressed plasma renin activity.
Sadi Gündoğdu, Pınar Kadıoğlu
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Aldosterone-secreting adrenocortical adenoma in children
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2007 Aldosterone-secreting adrenocortical adenoma is an unusual cause of secondary hypertension in childhood. We describe an eight year-old female child who presented clinically with weakness of lower limbs, headache and hypertension.
Gupta Vipul, Sharma Shyam
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Primary Hyperaldosteronism: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Associations
EpidemiologiaBackground/Objectives: Primary aldosteronism (PA), the leading cause of secondary hypertension, results from autonomous aldosterone hypersecretion. It is characterized by increased extracellular volume, elevated cardiac output, and greater arterial ...
Christos Savvidis +4 more
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Conns′ syndrome - atypical presentations
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2009 Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conns′ syndrome) commonly presents with a combi-nation of clinical features of hypokalemia and hypertension. Atypical presentations like normo-tension, normokalemia and neurological ailments are described in few cases ...
Hari Kumar KVS +3 more
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Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 62, Issue 10, Page 1822-1847, October 2026.
N. G. Larkins +28 more
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Diagnostic approach to patients with primary hyperaldosteronism
, 1991 We report the case of a 38-year-old patient with primary hyperaldosteronism. The diagnosis was made by the demonstration of a non-suppressible high aldosterone level in association with a hypokalemia, an inappropriate kaliuresis and low plasma renin ...
Clement, Denis +6 more
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, 1962 Isolation of large amounts of 6β-hydroxycorticosterone from incubates of human hyperplastic and adenomatous adrenal tissue from a patient with primary hyperaldosteronism is described for the first time.(1) Isolation of 11β-hydroxy-Δ4-androstene-3,17 ...
Wojciech Nowaczynski +2 more
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