developmental disorder of aldosterone deficiency

Laboratory

• plasma aldosterone low
• plasma 18-hydroxycorticosterone* (low, normal or high)
• serum sodium (hypernatremia)
• serum potassium (hypokalemia)

* immediate precursor of aldosterone

More general terms

• developmental disorder
• genetic disease of the endocrine system
• hypoaldosteronism; mineralocorticoid deficiency

More specific terms

• aldosterone deficiency 1; corticosterone methyloxidase type 1 deficiency
• aldosterone deficiency 2

Additional terms

• aldosterone (Electrocortin, Aldocortin)