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. 1965 Sep;44(9):1505–1513. doi: 10.1172/JCI105257

Aldosterone Secretion Rate in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. A Discussion of the Theories on the Pathogenesis of the Salt-losing Form of the Syndrome*

Avinoam Kowarski 1,2,†, Jordan W Finkelstein 1,2,†, John S Spaulding 1,2,†, Gerald H Holman 1,2, Claude J Migeon 1,2,‡
PMCID: PMC292632  PMID: 14332163

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