Is hyponatremia a marker or a mediator?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ghali, Jalal K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROHORMONE; NORADRENALIN; RENIN; SODIUM;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79960833654     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.02.030     Document Type: Letter

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