Arginine vasopressin in foetal skeletal muscle
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is also known as anti-diuretic hormone (ADH). The two major effects of this peptide, that of increasing blood pressure by vasoconstriction and reducing water loss by promoting water re-absorption in the kidney, are described as its primary functions. But other effects of A...
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University of Edinburgh
2000
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