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Reduced plasma ACE2 activity in dialysis patients: another piece in the conundrum of factors involved in hypertension and cardiovascular morbidity?

the reduction in plasma ACE2 activity reported in ESRD patients treated by dialysis, particularly in female subjects, could limit Ang II degradation leading to increased levels of this peptide, which could contribute to the high prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular morbidity that afflicts t...

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Main Authors: Wysocki, Jan, Batlle, Daniel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3769982/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23787547
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gft240
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