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The Unsuspected Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS): Could its Dysregulation be at the Root of All Non-Genetic Human Diseases?

Author(s): Ziad Fajloun and Jean-Marc Sabatier*

Volume 24, Issue 1, 2024

Published on: 18 September, 2023

Article ID: e140923221085 Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/1871526524666230914114524

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