Serum hepatocyte growth factor as a possible indicator of arteriosclerosis

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1137-1142

  Nishimura, Masato ^a   Ushiyama, Masaji ^a   Nanbu, Akira ^a   Ohtsuka, Ken ^a   Takahashi, Hakuo ^b   Yoshimura, Manabu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Blood pressure; Erythrocyte counts; Hepatocyte growth factor; Hypertension; Retinal artery; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINA ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030884279     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715100-00011     Document Type: Article

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