L-arginine acts as a natriuretic substance that exaggerates the renal response to volume expansion, suggesting a role for nitric oxide in sodium homeostasis.
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Animal data suggest L-arginine augments natriuresis during volume expansion; hypothesis-generating for nitric oxide in human sodium homeostasis.
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