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Reactive oxygen species and dopamine receptor function in essential hypertension.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Apr 2009
Zeng Chunyu, Villar Van Anthony M, Yu Peiying, Zhou Lin, Jose Pedro A
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Essential hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke, myocardial infarction, and heart and kidney failure. Dopamine plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension by regulating epithelial sodium transport and by interacting with vasoactive hormones and humoral factors. However, the mechanisms leading to impaired dopamine receptor function in hypertension states are not clear. Compelling...
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