Primary aldosteronism (PA), caused by excessive aldosterone production from the adrenal cortex, is the most frequent form of secondary arterial hypertension with a prevalence of ≈5% of hypertensive ...

Allison, 21, from South Lyon, Michigan, was diagnosed with Addison's disease, a rare disorder in which her adrenal glands don't produce enough cortisol and aldosterone.

The use of aldosterone-renin ratio as a diagnostic test for primary hyperaldosteronism and its test characteristics under different conditions of blood sampling.

Figuring out how the tissues in our bones, adrenal glands, muscle and fat "talk" to each other could help scientists better understand what happens to our skeletons with age, when our bones tend ...

Endocrine disorders are conditions resulting from problems with a part of the endocrine system, which produces and distributes hormones in the body.

The condition is called primary aldosteronism, and it is caused by small, non-cancerous lumps in the adrenal glands that produce too much of a hormone called aldosterone.

Regarding adrenal-related topics, there are also articles on distinguishing adrenal hyperplasia from lipid-poor adenomas (24), aldosterone-producing adenomas from cortisol-producing adenomas (25), ...