Effect of oral vitamin E (α-tocopherol) supplementation on vascular endothelial function in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 304-311

  Gazis, Anastasios ^a,b   White, D J ^a   Page, S R ^a   Cockcroft, J R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bradykinin; Endothelium; Tocopherol; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BRADYKININ; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; METFORMIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; RECEPTOR; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032757896     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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