Familial hyperaldosteronism type 1
This is a rare cause of autosomal dominant, glucocorticoid-remediable hyperaldosteronism.
Patients suffer from variable severity of:
- hypertension
- hypokalaemia
Males are typically more severely affected than females.
Reference
- Stowasser M, Gordon RD. Primary aldosteronism: from genesis to genetics. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Sep;14(7):310-7.
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