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Aspects of the Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension

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New Aspects in Hypertension Adrenoceptors

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Abstract

As early as 2300 B. C. the Yellow Emperor, a lengendary Chinese physician of the Ming Dynasty, made a statement on the cause of high blood pressure that still holds today. He had observed that the constant consumption of highly salted foods “makes the pulse hard” and - replacing his graphic description with succinct modern terms - may lead to stroke and aphasia.

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Holzgreve, H. (1986). Aspects of the Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension. In: Middeke, M., Holzgreve, H. (eds) New Aspects in Hypertension Adrenoceptors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71418-4_8

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