The prismatic case of apparent mineralocorticoid excess.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A personal memoir of the discovery of a new form of hypertension, apparent mineralocorticoid excess, came about through painstaking analysis of the symptoms of a Zuñi Indian girl. The study of this patient opened a new field of receptor biology, i.e. how glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids interact with receptors. Therefore, the patient was a prismatic case.
Medical subject headings
- Hypertension
- Hypokalemia
- Mineralocorticoids