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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Huvudupphovsmän: Brearley, C, Wood, A, Aronson, J, Grahame-Smith, D
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 1993