Stereology of the myocardium in hypertensive rats under chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis

Biomedical Research (India)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Mandarim De Lacerda, Carlos Alberto ^a   Pereira, Leila Maria Meirelles ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Myocardial hypertrophy; NO synthesis inhibition; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005548722     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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