Population
Normal and hypertensive human subjects
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Distinguishes central from peripheral angiotensinogen in hypertension; hypothesis-generating for brain RAS role, needs prospective validation.
Differences in the chemical and immunological nature of human plasma and CSF angiotensinogens suggest that CSF angiotensinogen is not of peripheral origin, and concentrations differ between normotensive and hypertensive subjects.
Ito et al. (1980) studied this question.
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