Sodium and Potassium in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension  

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Adrogue, Horacio J. ; Madias, Nicolaos E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 356 no. 19 (May 2007), page 1966.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2007.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Hypertension affects approximately 25% of the adult population worldwide, and its prevalence is predicted to increase by 60% by 2025, when a total of 1.56 billion people may be affected.1 It is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is responsible for most deaths worldwide.2 Primary hypertension, also known as essential or idiopathic hypertension, accounts for as many as 95% of all cases of hypertension.3 Primary hypertension results from the interplay of internal derangements (primarily in the kidney) and the external environment. Sodium, the main extracellular cation, has long been considered the pivotal environmental factor in the disorder. Numerous . . .

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