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Facets of the metabolic syndrome in Dahl hypertensive rats.
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa : official journal for Southern Africa Cardiac Society [and] South African Society of Cardiac Practitioners - 1 Jan 2000
Channa M L, Somova L, Nadar A
Abstract excerpt
We recently established that the Dahl salt-sensitive rat, a model for genetic salt-sensitive hypertension, was insulin resistant. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether other features of the metabolic syndrome developed in this animal model. Two groups of 16 Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats and their controls, Dahl salt-resistant (DSR) rats were used. For eight weeks, half of each group was fed a standard...
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