Changes in the Level of Endothelin-1 with Aging

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 664-669

  Komatsumoto, Satoru ^a   Nara, Masaharu ^a  

^a ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Endothelin 1; Endothelium

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029598838     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.32.664     Document Type: Article

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