[Loss-of-function mutations in two key components of the aldosterone response, the mineralocorticoid receptor and the epithelial sodium channel ENaC, lead to type 1 pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA1), a rare genetic disease of aldosterone resistance characterized by salt wasting, dehydration, failure to thrive, hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE