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Nonaldosterone mineralocorticoid excess
- 11β-HSD defic. (→ lack of inactivation of cortisol, which binds to mineralocorticoid recept.)
- Liddle’s syndrome (constitutively activated/overexpressed distal tubular renal Na channel)
- Black licorice (glycyrrhizic acid inhibits 11β-HSD), extreme hypercortisolism (overwhelming 11β-HSD), exogenous mineralocorticoids