About The Medical Condition Atrial Natriuretic Factor
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Atrial Natriuretic Factor
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Atrial Natriuretic Factor?
A potent natriuretic and vasodilatory peptide or mixture of different-sized low molecular weight peptides derived from a common precursor and secreted by the heart atria. All these peptides share a sequence of about 20 amino acids.
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