Publication Date:
2013-05-08
Description:
The specific causes of elevated blood pressure cannot be determined in the vast majority of patients with hypertension. However, identification of genes causing rare Mendelian forms of hypertension has provided penetrating insights into the basic mechanisms of human hypertension, highlighting the key role of altered sodium handling by the kidney...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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