Primary aldosteronism: a channelopathy?

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Celso E Gomez-Sanchez. Hypertension. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;63(4):668-9.

doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02335. Epub 2014 Jan 13.

¹ Division of Endocrinology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216. cgomez-sanchez@umc.edu.

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Role for germline mutations and a rare coding single nucleotide polymorphism within the KCNJ5 potassium channel in a large cohort of sporadic cases of primary aldosteronism.
Murthy M, Xu S, Massimo G, Wolley M, Gordon RD, Stowasser M, O'Shaughnessy KM. Murthy M, et al. Hypertension. 2014 Apr;63(4):783-9. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02234. Epub 2014 Jan 13. Hypertension. 2014. PMID: 24420545

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