Characterization of angiotensin-II effects on cerebral and ocular circulation by noninvasive methods

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-508

  Krejcy, Kurt ^a,b   Wolzt, Michael ^a   Kreuzer, Claudia ^a   Breiteneder, Helene ^a   Schütz, Wolfgang ^b   Eichler, Hans Georg ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

angiotensin II; cerebral blood flow; Doppler sonography; fundus pulsations; ocular blood flow

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

EID: 0030995990     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1997.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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