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Distinct QTLs cosegregate with worse hypertension and renal disease in ovariectomized F2[Dahl S × R]-intercross rats.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Aug 2012
Herrera Victoria L, Matsubara Yuichi, Ponce Lorenz R, Ruiz-Opazo Nelson
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OBJECTIVES: Salt-sensitive hypertension is highly prevalent in postmenopausal women, with approximately 75% of postmenopausal women found to be hypertensive in the US. Insight from surgical menopause (ovariectomized) patients directly links the loss of endogenous estrogens to salt-sensitive hypertension in previously healthy, salt-resistant women. However, controversial benefit of hormone replacement therapy in...
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