Apparently isolated excess deoxycorticosterone in hypertension. A variant of the mineralocorticoid-excess syndrome

Lancet. 1972 Aug 5;2(7771):243-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)91685-6.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • 17-Ketosteroids / urine
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aldosterone / blood
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Desoxycorticosterone / blood*
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxycorticosteroids / blood
  • Hypertension / blood*
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypokalemia / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Potassium / blood
  • Radioimmunoassay
  • Renin / blood
  • Spironolactone / therapeutic use
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • 17-Ketosteroids
  • Hydroxycorticosteroids
  • Spironolactone
  • Desoxycorticosterone
  • Aldosterone
  • Dexamethasone
  • Renin
  • Potassium