Serum endothelin levels and pain perception in patients with cardiac syndrome X and in healthy controls

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 637-640

  Cox, Ian D ^a,b   Salomone, Oscar ^a   Brown, Susan J ^a   Hann, Carole ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME X; TOURNIQUET;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELINS; HUMANS; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030883325     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00439-6     Document Type: Article

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