Plasma endothelin-1 concentrations during cold exposure in essential acrocyanosis

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1033-1038

  Mangiafico, Roberto Antonio ^a   Malatino, Lorenzo Salvatore ^a   Santonocito, Maurizio ^a   Spada, Rosario Sebastiano ^a   Tamburino, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ACROCYANOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0029798131     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604701102     Document Type: Article

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