Nitric oxide system activation induced by atrial natriuretic peptide: mechanisms involved in experimental hypertension.

COSTA MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES; ELESGARAY ROSANA; CANIFFI CAROLINA; BURGER ANA CAROLINA; FINELLA SEBASTIÁN; VISINTINI JAIME MARIA FLORENCIA; BALASZCZUK ANA MARÍA; ARRANZ CRISTINA

Milán

Congreso; Seventeenth European Meeting on Hypertension.; 2007

European Society of Hypertension.

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