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Endocrine Hypertension

Robert Fraser

10.1002/cphy.cp070306

Source: Supplement 22: Handbook of Physiology, The Endocrine System, Endocrine Regulation of Water and Electrolyte Balance

Originally published: 2000

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Corticosteroids
1.1 Mineralocorticoid Hypertension
1.2 Glucocorticoid Hypertension
2 Renin–Angiotensin System
3 Catecholamines
3.1 Pheochromocytoma
4 Insulin and Growth Hormone
5 Vascular Hormones: Endothelin and Nitric Oxide
6 Sodium‐Losing Hormones
7 Summary
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Robert Fraser. Endocrine Hypertension. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 22: Handbook of Physiology, The Endocrine System, Endocrine Regulation of Water and Electrolyte Balance: 228-249. First published in print 2000. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp070306