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Does a high salt diet alter renal interstitial fluid calcium and its association with blood pressure in Dahl salt-sensitive rats?
Does a high salt diet alter renal interstitial fluid calcium and its association with blood pressure in Dahl salt-sensitive rats?
In a rat model of salt-sensitive hypertension, decreased renal cortical interstitial fluid calcium is associated with increased blood pressure following a high salt diet.
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No clinical action warranted from rat data; leaves open renal interstitial calcium's role in human salt-sensitive hypertension.
Pointer et al. (2014) studied this question.
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