Salt sensitivity: Does it play an important role in the pathogenesis and treatment of hypertension?

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Weinberger, Myron H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0029883297     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-199605000-00003     Document Type: Review

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