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Review
. 2013 Jul;28(4):234-44.
doi: 10.1152/physiol.00013.2013.

Hypertension: what's sex got to do with it?

Margaret A Zimmerman  1 , Jennifer C Sullivan
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Review

Hypertension: what's sex got to do with it?

Margaret A Zimmerman et al. Physiology (Bethesda). 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Hypertension is a complex and multifaceted disease, and there are well established sex differences in many aspects of blood pressure (BP) control. The intent of this review is to highlight recent work examining sex differences in the molecular mechanisms of BP control in hypertension to assess whether the "one-size-fits-all" approach to BP control is appropriate with regard to sex.

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No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the author(s).

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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Proposed sex differences in the molecular mechanisms regulating blood pressure Schematic depicting the interaction of pro-hypertensive and anti-hypertensive pathways contributing to blood pressure regulation in men and women.
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