Open Access651 PERIPHERAL PLASMA LEVELS OF 18-OXO-CORTISOL PRACTICALLY DIFFERENTIATE ALDOSTERONE PRODUCING ADENOMA FROM BILATERAL HYPERPLASIA AND PRIMARY HYPERTENSION-A NONINVASIVE METHOD DETERMINING SURGICALLY CURABLE SUBTYPE WITH A HIGH SPECIFICITY
Author(s) -
Fumitoshi Satoh,
Ryo Morimoto,
Masataka Kudo,
Yoshitsugu Iwakura,
Yoshikiyo Ono,
Ken Matsuda,
Kei Takase,
Hironobu Sasano,
Yasuhiro Nakamura,
Sadayoshi Ito
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1473-5598
pISSN - 0263-6352
DOI - 10.1097/01.hjh.0000420473.65145.45
Subject(s) - medicine , primary aldosteronism , aldosterone , adenoma , secondary hypertension , hyperaldosteronism , hyperplasia , urology , gastroenterology , peripheral , endocrinology , plasma renin activity , pathology , renin–angiotensin system , blood pressure