Antihypertensive effect of thymectomy in Lyon hypertensive rats: Vascular reactivity, renal histology, and sodium excretion

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-177

  Bataillard, Alain ^a   Blanc Brunat, Nelly ^b   Vivier, Geneviève ^b   Medeiros, Isac ^a   Zhang, Bei Li ^a   Touraine, Jean Louis ^b   Sassard, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

angiotensin I; hypertension; immunology; kidney; Lyon rat

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; PERINDOPRIL; PHENYLEPHRINE; TRIMETAPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM EXCRETION; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0029923077     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7061(95)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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