Impaired microvascular dilatation and capillary rarefaction in young adults with a predisposition to high blood pressure

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1873-1879

  Noon, Joseph P ^a   Walker, Brian R ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Shore, Angela C ^b   Holton, David W ^c   Edwards, Hugh V ^c   Watt, Graham C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Ladywell Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood vessels; genetics; hemodynamics; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030949484     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119354     Document Type: Article

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