Adiposity-Sensitive and Adiposity-Resistant Hypertension?
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Renal sinus adiposity and hypertension.
Obesity, a global health problem, has an ever increasing prevalence.1 Because excess weight is a major risk factor for high blood pressure, this results in a continuous rise in the prevalence of hypertension.2 In this issue of Hypertension, Chughtai et al3 identified a potential pathogenic link between renal sinus adiposity and hypertension in humans. Adipose tissue can be divided into compartm...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0895-7061,1941-7225
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.257