Disproportional arterial hypertrophy in hypertensive mRen-2 transgenic rats

Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 779-784

  Struijker Boudier, Harry A J ^a,c   Van Essen, Helma ^a   Fazzi, Gregorio ^a   De Mey, Jo G R ^a   Qiu, Hong Ying ^b   Lévy, Bernard I ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arteries; compliance; hypertension, genetic; hypertrophy; rats, inbred SHR; rats, transgenic; renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0029972171     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.28.5.779     Document Type: Article

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