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Sharmin Jahan1,2,3, Jun Yang1,2, Jinbo Hu4

  • 1Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Endocrine connections
|January 5, 2024
PubMed
概括

主要阿尔多斯特主义 (PA) 诊断可以使用卡普托普里尔挑战测试 (CCT) 来改善. 本综述探讨了CCT的使用情况.

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卡普托普里尔挑战测试测试验证性测试验证性测试是指验证性测试.过高阿尔多斯特主义主要的阿尔多斯顿主义.

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