Evidence for an altered mode of action of the sodium-lithium countertransporter in vivo in patients with untreated essential hypertension.
OBJECTIVE: To study the activity of the sodium-lithium (Na(+)-Li+) countertransport system in vivo in the erythrocytes of patients with untreated essential hypertension. DESIGN: Lithium substitutes for sodium efflux in the sodium-sodium (Na(+)-Na+) countertransport system. In essential hypertension...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1993
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