The sympathetic nervous system and blood volume regulation: Lessons from autonomic failure patients

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Biaggioni, Italo ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system diseases; Salt sensitive hypertension

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; FLUDROCORTISONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANEMIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD VOLUME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLYURIA; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD VOLUME; FEEDBACK; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SODIUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34447521453     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318065c03b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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