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aldosterone

A Wisdom Archive on aldosterone

aldosterone

A selection of articles related to aldosterone

aldosterone, Aldosterone, Aldosterone - Aldosterone and the kidney, Aldosterone - Control of aldosterone release
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ARTICLES RELATED TO aldosterone

aldosterone: Encyclopedia II - Cholesterol - Role in atheromatous disease

See also the main article hypercholesterolemia In conditions with elevated concentrations of LDL particles, especially small LDL particles, cholesterol promotes atheroma plaque deposits in the walls of arteries, a condition known as atherosclerosis, which is a major contributor to coronary heart disease and other forms of cardiovascular disease. (In contrast, HDL particles have been the only identified mechanism by which cholesterol can be removed from atheroma. Increased concentrations of large HDL particles, not total HDL particles, correlate ...

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Cholesterol, Cholesterol - History of the name, Cholesterol - Physiology, Cholesterol - Synthesis and intake, Cholesterol - Properties, Cholesterol - Regulation, Cholesterol - Function, Cholesterol - Excretion, Cholesterol - Role in atheromatous disease, Cholesterol - Cholesteric liquid crystals, Cholesterol - Sources

Read more here: » Cholesterol: Encyclopedia II - Cholesterol - Role in atheromatous disease

aldosterone: Encyclopedia II - Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - History

An Italian anatomist, Luigi De Crecchio provided the earliest known description of a case of probable CAH. I propose in this narrative that it is sometimes extremely difficult and even impossible to determine sex during life. In one of the anatomical theaters of the hospital..., there arrived toward the end of January a cadaver which in life was the body of a certain Joseph Marzo... The general physiognomy was decidedly male in all respects. There were no feminine curves to the body. There was a heavy beard. There was some delicacy of str ...

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Overview of the multiple types of CAH, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Genetics, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Biochemistry, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - History

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aldosterone: Encyclopedia II - Corticosteroid - History

Tadeus Reichstein together with Edward Calvin Kendall and Philip Showalter Hench were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1950 for their work on hormones of the adrenal cortex which culminated in the isolation of cortisone. Corticosteroids have been used as a drug treatment for some time. Lewis Sarett of Merck & Co. was the first to synthesize cortisone, using a complicated 36-step process that started with desoxycholic acid, which was extracted from ox bile. The low efficiency of converting deoxycholic acid int ...

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Corticosteroid, Corticosteroid - Uses, Corticosteroid - History

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aldosterone: Encyclopedia II - Renal physiology - Glomerular filtration

Glomerular filtration is the bulk flow of an essentially protein-free plasma from renal globerular capillaries into Bowman's capsule. This is the first step in the formation of urine. Glomerular filtration is caused by Starling forces. ...

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Renal physiology, Renal physiology - Functions of the kidney, Renal physiology - Filtering wastes from the bloodstream, Renal physiology - Secretion of hormones, Renal physiology - Maintaining body sodium and water balance, Renal physiology - Acid-base homeostasis, Renal physiology - Glomerular filtration, Renal physiology - Tubular reabsorption, Renal physiology - Tubular secretion, Renal physiology - Measurement of renal function

Read more here: » Renal physiology: Encyclopedia II - Renal physiology - Glomerular filtration

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