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Impact of gender on renal disease: the role of the renin angiotensin system.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Feb 2003
Kang Amrit K, Miller Judith A
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have identified key gender differences with respect to cardiovascular function, renal hemodynamics and the renin angiotensin system (RAS). Extensive epidemiologic evidence has shown a clear gender difference associated with progression of cardiovascular and renal disease, whereby female sex appears to be protective. The mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are unknown but likely reflect the...
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