Myocyte/capillary mismatch in the heart of uremic patients

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1018-1022

  Amann, Kerstin ^a   Breitbach, Michael ^b   Ritz, Eberhard ^a   Mall, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA;

EID: 0031748239     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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