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. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):1-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.12.009.

A trip to inner space: insights into salt balance from cosmonauts

David Ortiz-Melo  1 , Thomas M Coffman
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A trip to inner space: insights into salt balance from cosmonauts

David Ortiz-Melo et al. Cell Metab. .
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Abstract

The epidemiological association between high salt intake and hypertension is well established. However, in most patients, the specific defect causing salt-dependent hypertension cannot be discerned. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Rakova and associates use an unprecedented study design to characterize long-term salt balance in humans (Rakova et al., 2012).

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    Rakova N, Jüttner K, Dahlmann A, Schröder A, Linz P, Kopp C, Rauh M, Goller U, Beck L, Agureev A, Vassilieva G, Lenkova L, Johannes B, Wabel P, Moissl U, Vienken J, Gerzer R, Eckardt KU, Müller DN, Kirsch K, Morukov B, Luft FC, Titze J. Rakova N, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):125-31. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.11.013. Cell Metab. 2013. PMID: 23312287

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