Sodium: A wolf in sheep's clothing

Blood Purification

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 82-85

  Oberleithner, Hans ^a   De Wardener, Hugh E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Atomic force microscopy; Endothelial stiffness; Plasma potassium; Spironolactone

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALDOSTERONE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPLERENONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPERTENSION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KIDNEY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM INTAKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 78651443367     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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