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Record 1 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • Genetics
OBS

A disease controlled by two autosomal-dominant genes.

OBS

[Aldosteronism] is due to overactivity of aldosterone synthase (ADOS) and steroid 11ß-hydroxylase (CYP11B2), coded in human chromosome 8q21.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Génétique
CONT

Le diagnostic d'aldostéronisme doit être systématiquement envisagé chez les patients souffrant d'hypertension et d'hypkaliémie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Sistemas endocrino y metabólico
  • Genética
DEF

Alteración metabólica motivada por un aumento de la secreción de aldosterona, bien por una hipertrofia de la zona glomerular de la corteza suprarrenal, bien por un adenoma de esta glándula.

OBS

Los síntomas más importantes son : debilidad muscular, poliuria, polidipsia e hipertensión. Estos síntomas están motivados por la hipopotasemia y la alcalosis.

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Record 2 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

The passage of an amount of urine considerably in excess of the fifty ounces (1500 ml) or thereabouts which is the usual daily quantity. It is a symptom of diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, chronic nephritis, and some nervous diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Augmentation du volume urinaire des 24 heures observée au cours de certaines insuffisances rénales chroniques, du diabète sucré et surtout au cours des diabètes insipides.

OBS

Peut s'observer dans l'hyperthyroïdie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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