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Sodium and kidney disease.
Contributions to nephrology - 1 Jan 2007
Suzuki Hiromichi, Takenaka Tsuneo, Kanno Yoshihiko, Ohno Yoichi, Saruta Takao
Abstract excerpt
Salt is essential and important for maintaining life. Excess salt intake produces an increase in blood pressure. In several subpopulations of patients with hypertension, such as those with obesity, post-menopausal women, and patients with chronic kidney diseases, for example, salt sensitivity is based on a pressure-natriuresis mechanism. In this mechanism, neuro-humoral regulation is mainly responsible for sodium...
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