Angiotensin II as a multifunctional hormone: A regulator of haemodynamics and metabolism with potential roles in the etiologies of hypertension and the metabolic syndrome

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-38

  Packer, C Subah ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; HORMONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 29144485859     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000198044.69999.31     Document Type: Editorial

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