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'''Apparent mineralocorticoid excess''' is an autosomal recessive cause of [[hypertension]] and [[hypokalaemia]] which responds to [[glucocorticoid]] treatment. It results from [[mutation]]s in the ''[[HSD11B2]]'' [[gene]], which encodes the [[kidney]] [[isozyme]] of 11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. | '''Apparent mineralocorticoid excess''' is an autosomal recessive cause of [[hypertension]] and [[hypokalaemia]] which responds to [[glucocorticoid]] treatment. It results from [[mutation]]s in the ''[[HSD11B2]]'' [[gene]], which encodes the [[kidney]] [[isozyme]] of 11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 8 August 2012
| Apparent mineralocorticoid excess | |
| OMIM | 218030 |
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| DiseasesDB | 12740 |
| MeSH | D043204 |
Apparent mineralocorticoid excess is an autosomal recessive cause of hypertension and hypokalaemia which responds to glucocorticoid treatment. It results from mutations in the HSD11B2 gene, which encodes the kidney isozyme of 11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.