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Urinary potassium excretion and sodium sensitivity in blacks.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 2004
Aviv Abraham, Hollenberg Norman K, Weder Alan
Abstract excerpt
Based on racial differences in urinary potassium excretion and responses to diuretics, we present a model suggesting that a major cause of sodium sensitivity in blacks is an augmented activity of the Na-K-2Cl cotransport in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. This would result in an increased ability to conserve not only sodium but also water, and an upward and rightward shift in the operating point of...
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