Is familial hyperaldosteronism underdiagnosed in hypertensive children?

Hypertension. 2011 Jun;57(6):1053-5. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.172916. Epub 2011 Apr 18.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Aldosterone / blood
  • Blood Pressure / physiology*
  • Child
  • Chile / epidemiology
  • Comorbidity
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2 / genetics
  • Family Health
  • Gene Fusion / genetics
  • Humans
  • Hyperaldosteronism / epidemiology
  • Hyperaldosteronism / genetics*
  • Hyperaldosteronism / pathology
  • Hypertension / blood
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Hypertension / physiopathology*
  • Potassium / blood
  • Prevalence
  • Renin / blood
  • Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase / genetics

Substances

  • Aldosterone
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
  • Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase
  • Renin
  • Potassium