Increased Serum Levels of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Symmetric Dimethylarginine and Decreased Levels of Arginine in Sudanese Patients with Essential Hypertension

Introduction: Essential hypertension (EH) is a disease caused by various environmental and genetic factors. Nitric oxide (NO) is important for the functional integrity of the endothelium. It is produced in endothelial cells by endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) that mediates the conversion of the amino...

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Main Authors: Sahar Gamil, Jeanette Erdmann, Edzard Schwedhelm, Khalid Hussein Bakheit, Ihab B.B. Abdalrahman, Abdelrahim O. Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-08-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/508695