PEDIATRICS Vol. 41 No. 5 May 1968, pp. 897-904
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PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY IN CONGENITAL VIRILIZING ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA

Masashi Imai M.D.1, Yoshio Igarashi M.D.1, and Hirofumi Sokabe M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Tokyo, and Department of Pharmacology, Toho University School of Medicine

Peripheral plasma renin activity was markedly elevated in two cases of the salt-losing form of congenital virilizing adrenal hyperplasia. The renin activity was reduced after treatment with deoxycorticosterone and sodium chloride. In the hypertensive form of the plasma renin activity was suppressed.

Submitted on April 14, 1967
Accepted on December 1, 1967