A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by renal electrolyte transport dysfunctions. Congenital forms are rare autosomal disorders characterized by neonatal hypertension, HYPERKALEMIA, increased RENIN activity and ALDOSTERONE concentration. The Type I features HYPERKALEMIA with sodium wasting; Type II, HYPERKALEMIA without sodium wasting. Pseudohypoaldosteronism can be the result of a defective renal electrolyte transport protein or acquired after KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.
Also Known As:
Familial Hyperpotassemia and Hypertension; Familial Hypertensive Hyperkalemia; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1, Autosomal Dominant; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type I; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type II; Familial Hypertensive Hyperkalemias; Gordon Hyperkalemia Hypertension Syndrome; Hyperkalemia, Familial Hypertensive; Hyperkalemia-Hypertension Syndrome, Gordon; Hyperkalemias, Familial Hypertensive; Hypertensive Hyperkalemias, Familial; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1s; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2s; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type IIs; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type Is; Pseudohypoaldosteronisms; Pseudohypoaldosteronisms, Type I; Pseudohypoaldosteronisms, Type II; Syndrome, Gordon Hyperkalemia-Hypertension; Type 1, Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Type I Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Type I, Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Type II Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Type II Pseudohypoaldosteronisms; Type II, Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Type IIs, Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Type Is, Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Gordon Hyperkalemia-Hypertension Syndrome; Hyperpotassemia and Hypertension, Familial; Hypertensive Hyperkalemia, Familial; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1; Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1, Autosomal Recessive; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, Type I; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, Type I, Autosomal Dominant; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, Type I, Autosomal Recessive; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, Type II