Apparent mineralocorticoid excess
Apparent mineralocorticoid excess | |
OMIM | 218030 |
---|---|
DiseasesDB | 12740 |
MeSH | D043204 |
Please Take Over This Page and Apply to be Editor-In-Chief for this topic: There can be one or more than one Editor-In-Chief. You may also apply to be an Associate Editor-In-Chief of one of the subtopics below. Please mail us [1] to indicate your interest in serving either as an Editor-In-Chief of the entire topic or as an Associate Editor-In-Chief for a subtopic. Please be sure to attach your CV and or biographical sketch.
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.