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Further evidence of altered adrenocortical function in hypertension. Dehydroepiandrosterone excretion rate
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1968
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HypertensionAdrenal GlandAltered Adrenocortical FunctionClinical ChemistryEssential HypertensionChronic Kidney DiseaseNormal SubjectsFurther EvidenceDehydroepiandrosterone GlucuronideEndocrine HypertensionExcretion RateAdrenal DiseaseEndocrinologyPharmacologyUrologyPhysiologyPrimary AldosteronismAldosterone PhysiologyMedicineNephrologyEndocrine Disease
The excretion of dehydroepiandrosterone glucuronide and sulfate was studied in a group of patients with essential hypertension and a group of normal subjects by a new single-label isotopic-dilution procedure. A very marked decrease in excretion of the sulfate was found in the patients with essential hypertension.