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. 1961 Jun;40(6):903–913. doi: 10.1172/JCI104329

THE NATURE OF THE ACTION OF INTRAVENOUS ALDOSTERONE: EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE OF THE HORMONE IN URINARY DILUTION*

Edmund H Sonnenblick 1,†, Paul J Cannon 1, John H Laragh 1
PMCID: PMC290806  PMID: 16695864

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