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A congenital or acquired condition of insufficient production of ALDOSTERONE by the ADRENAL CORTEX leading to diminished aldosterone-mediated synthesis of Na(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE in renal tubular cells. Clinical symptoms include HYPERKALEMIA, sodium-wasting, HYPOTENSION, and sometimes metabolic ACIDOSIS.
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- Acidosis, Renal Tubular Type IV
- Hypoaldosteronism, Hyporeninemic
- Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism
- Renal Tubular Acidosis, Type IV
- Type IV Renal Tubular Acidosis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with HYPERALDOSTERONISM or PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM
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- Adrenal Gland Hypofunction (1966-1987)
- Aldosterone (1966-1987)
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- National Library of Medicine. Hypoaldosteronism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006994. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006994
- Hypoaldosteronism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoaldosteronism
- Hypoaldosteronism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2378552