Why the study?
Is there a pressor substance in the blood of patients with essential hypertension?
Population
Patients with essential hypertension (blood specimens tested in atropinized cats)
Design
Other
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Remains inconclusive for clinical decisions on pressor substances in essential hypertension; leaves open the need for modern validation studies.
Is there a pressor substance in the blood of patients with essential hypertension?
The text discusses historical postulates and conflicting early evidence regarding the presence of a pressor substance in the blood of patients with essential hypertension.
G. E. Wakerlin (1933) studied this question.
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