Endothelin-1 and cold provocation in health, primary Raynaud's phenomenon, and progressive systemic sclerosis

Microvascular Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Dörffler Melly, Janine ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^b   Wenk, Martin ^c   Wen, Shenghua ^a   Bollinger, Alfred ^a   Franzeck, U K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLD PRESSOR TEST; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030250258     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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