A Japanese girl with aldosterone synthase deficiency requiring fludrocortisone until 10 years of age

Pediatr Int. 2023 Jan-Dec;65(1):e15625. doi: 10.1111/ped.15625.

Authors

Satomi Koyama¹, Tatsuo Tsuboi^{1

2}, Junko Naganuma¹, Osamu Arisaka^{1

3}, Shigemi Yoshihara¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Ishioka Daiichi Hospital, Ishioka, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Symphony Clinic, Utsunomiya, Japan.

PMID: 37776040
DOI: 10.1111/ped.15625

No abstract available

Keywords: CYP11B2 gene; aldosterone synthase deficiency; failure to thrive; fludrocortisone; hyponatremia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aldosterone
Child
Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
East Asian People
Female
Fludrocortisone* / therapeutic use
Humans
Hypoaldosteronism*

Substances

Aldosterone
Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
Fludrocortisone