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The role of sodium in idiopathic or ‘primary’ or essential hypertension has been the subject of controversy ever since medicine emerged from its primitive origins and began to acquire respectability as a science.
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Bartter, F.C. (1982). Role of Sodium in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Hypertension. In: Amery, A., Fagard, R., Lijnen, P., Staessen, J. (eds) Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease: Pathophysiology and Treatment. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7476-0_16
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