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SUBMITTER: Monticone S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285708 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Monticone Silvia S Else Tobias T Mulatero Paolo P Williams Tracy A TA Rainey William E WE
Molecular and cellular endocrinology 20140918
Primary aldosteronism (PA) encompasses a broad, heterogeneous group of disorders including both sporadic and familial forms (familial hyperaldosteronism type I, II and III). PA is the most common form of secondary hypertension and associated with a higher rate of cardiovascular complications, compared with essential hypertension. Despite significant progress in the diagnosis and management of PA, until recently the molecular mechanisms leading to inappropriate aldosterone production were largely ...[more]