Homocysteine, EDRF and endothelial function

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^b   Welch, George N ^a   Loscalzo, Joseph ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelial function; homocysteine; nitric oxide; S nitrosothiols

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; HOMOCYSTEINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0029866820     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.suppl_4.1290s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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