Vascular damage and not hypertension per se influences endothelin-1 plasma levels in patients with non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 88, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Perfetto, Federico ^a   Tarquini, Roberto ^a   De Leonardis, Vittorio ^a   Piluso, Adriano ^a   Becucci, Aureliano ^a   Anselmi, Bruno ^a   Curradi, Carlo ^a   Tapparini, Laura ^a   Tarquini, Brunetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiopathy; Diabetes; Endothelin 1; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031182026     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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