Functional characterization of two novel germline mutations of the KCNJ5 gene in hypertensive patients without primary aldosteronism but with ACTH-dependent aldosterone hypersecretion.

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Published in Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) on July 12, 2016

Authors

Amalia Sertedaki1, Athina Markou2, Dimitrios Vlachakis3, Sophia Kossida3, Emilie Campanac4, Dax A Hoffman4, Maria De La Luz Sierra5, Paraskevi Xekouki5, Constantine A Stratakis5, Gregory Kaltsas6, George P Piaditis2, George P Chrousos1, Evangelia Charmandari1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, 'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2: Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, 'G. Gennimatas' General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
3: Bioinformatics & Medical Informatics Team, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
4: Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
5: Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
6: Department of Pathophysiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, 'Laikon' Hospital, Athens, Greece.

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