Volume 19, Number 2, 235-236, DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1339-2

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Non-glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism in an infant with low-renin hypertension

Maricarmen Malagon-Rogers

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Abstract

A 6-week-old male with severe hypertension is presented. He was found to have hyperaldosteronism and a negative long polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. His mother and maternal grandfather also had severe hypertension. A case is made for the possible diagnosis of familial hyperaldosteronism type II at a very early age.

Keywords  Familial hyperaldosteronism - Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism - Infant hypertension

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