Importance of the renin system in determining blood pressure fall with salt restriction in black and white hypertensives

Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 820-824

  He, Feng J ^a   Markandu, Nirmala D ^a   Sagnella, Giuseppe A ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blacks; Blood pressure; Renin angiotensin system; Sodium, dietary; Whites

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 0031740024     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.32.5.820     Document Type: Article

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