Vitamin C improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-28

  Ting, Henry H ^a   Timimi, Farris K ^a   Boles, Kimberly S ^a   Creager, Shelly J ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a   Creager, Mark A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; ascorbate; endothelium derived relaxing factor; free radicals; vascular

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; FREE RADICAL; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030034465     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118394     Document Type: Article

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