Overview: Mechanisms of hypertension: Cells, hormones, and the kidney

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1971-1973

  August, Phyllis ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ARGININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; RENIN; STATINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 3543150128     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000133197.23478.76     Document Type: Review

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