"Aldosterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A hormone secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.
| Descriptor ID |
D000450
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.654.062 D06.472.040.585.353.118
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Aldosterone".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Aldosterone".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aldosterone" by people in this website by year, and whether "Aldosterone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Aldosterone" by people in Profiles.
-
Adrenal Vein Sampling Without Discontinuation of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Therapy. Endocr Pract. 2020 Sep; 26(9):953-959.
-
Letter to the Editor: "Comparison of Seated With Recumbent Saline Suppression Testing for the Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 06 01; 104(6):2343.
-
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-kinin system influences on diabetic vascular disease and cardiomyopathy. Miner Electrolyte Metab. 1998; 24(6):412-22.