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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302004000500011
Arterial hypertension is associated with high morbidity and mortality indices and constitutes a major health problem worldwide, specially due to its high prevalence and low rate of control with the standard treatment. This problem can be explained, at least in part, because we still use empiric measures when choosing treatment options, instead of a rational approach for each case. The determinants of the hypertension remain unknown in the majority of patients and is designated as essential or primary hypertension. Hypertension […]
Keywords: Apparent mineralocorticoid excess; Arterial hypertension; Glucocorticoid-suppressible hyperaldosteronism; Liddle's syndrome; Multiple endocrine neoplasia; Pheochromocytoma