History of aldosterone on its 50th birthday

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2006, Pages

  Fiore, Cristina ^a   Calò, Lorenzo A ^a   Colombo, Lorenzo ^a   Grimm, Clarence E ^b   Armanini, Decio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Aldosterone; Theophrastus; Thomas Addison

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTISONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FATIGUE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; SODIUM BALANCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM METABOLISM; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SWEATING; THIRST; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER METABOLISM; WATER RETENTION; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALDOSTERONE; BODY WATER; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 33748121128     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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