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. 1962 Jun 1;115(6):1173–1190. doi: 10.1084/jem.115.6.1173

EFFECTS OF CHRONIC EXCESS SALT INGESTION

EVIDENCE THAT GENETIC FACTORS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION

Lewis K Dahl 1, Martha Heine 1, Lorraine Tassinari 1
PMCID: PMC2137393  PMID: 13883089

Abstract

Using the genetic technique of selective inbreeding, it has been possible to quickly develop two statistically separable populations from one unselected strain of Sprague-Dawley rats. One of these is very sensitive, the other very resistant, to the development of experimental hypertension from a high salt diet. It was suggested that similar genetic factors operate in man.

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