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Hyperkalemia in a Diabetic due to Renal Tubular Unresponsiveness to Aldosterone
Author(s) -
Bannister K. M.,
Barratt L. J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1982.tb02429.x
Subject(s) - hyperkalemia , medicine , aldosterone , hypoaldosteronism , endocrinology , diabetic nephropathy , diabetes mellitus , nephropathy , abnormality , mineralocorticoid , renin–angiotensin system , blood pressure , psychiatry
Hyperkalemia in a diabetic due to renal tubular unresponsiveness to aldosterone. K. M. Bannister and L. J. Barratt, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12, pp. 63–66. Studies of a patient with diabetic nephropathy and chronic hyperkalemia are reported. It is proposed that the underlying functional abnormality was renal tubular unresponsiveness to aldosterone.