Brain mechanisms of sympathetic activation in heart failure: Roles of the renin‑angiotensin system, nitric oxide and pro‑inflammatory cytokines (Review)
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- Bin Xu
- Hongli Li
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Affiliations: Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, College of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200080, P.R. China - Published online on: October 13, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4434
- Pages: 7823-7829
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