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Normal responses of atrial natriuretic factor and renal tubular function to sodium loading in hypertension-prone humans.
Blood pressure - 1 Jan 2000
Bruun N E, Dige-Pedersen H, Skøtt P
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BACKGROUND: In order to explore the hypothesis of an atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) deficiency in prehypertension, we compared the response to sodium loading on ANF and renal function in subjects with positive and negative histories of hypertension. METHODS: Twenty-two offspring of hypertensive parents (OH) and 20 offspring of normotensive parents (ON) were studied after 4 days of low (50 mmol/day) or high (300...
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