Role of aldosterone and the aldosterone binding globulin in experimental and spontaneous hypertension

It is known that the binding capacity of the plasma aldosterone binding globulin (ABG) for aldosterone is increased in 52% of subjects with essential hypertension (EH), but not in individuals with secondary forms of hypertension. It was also previously shown that this elevation in the ABG binding ca...

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Main Author: Nowaczynski, Mark John Joseph
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27175