English Explanatory Dictionary

Liddle's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An autosomal-dominant genetic disorder characterized by early, and frequently severe, high blood pressure associated with low plasma renin activity, metabolic alkalosis, low blood potassium, and normal to low levels of aldosterone.

Word forms

Liddle's syndrome

Etymology

Named after American endocrinologist Grant Liddle, who described it in 1963.

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