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

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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.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, 1924 Alcoa Hwy U-67, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA

    Maricarmen Malagon-Rogers

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Malagon-Rogers, M. Non-glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism in an infant with low-renin hypertension. Pediatr Nephrol 19, 235–236 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-003-1339-2

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