Elevated plasma catecholamines in young hypertensive and hyperkinetic patients: effect of pindolol.
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- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- Published by Wiley
- Vol. 13 (S2) , 381S-390S
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.1982.tb01945.x
Abstract
1 The sympathetic nervous system plays an important role in the regulation of blood pressure. Plasma catecholamine concentrations are considered to be reliable indices of sympatho-neuronal (noradrenaline) and sympatho-adrenal (adrenaline) activity and reactivity in man.Keywords
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