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Nature Medicine 14, 16 - 17 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm0108-16

Salt abuse: the path to hypertension

Wilhelm Schoner1

  1. Wilhelm Schoner is in the Institute of Biochemistry and Endocrinology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 100, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. e-mail: wilhelm.schoner@vetmed.uni-giessen.de


Excess salt intake over many years can lead to high blood pressure. An essential signaling mechanism behind this effect is now uncovered (pages 64–68).

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