The amplifier hypothesis: Permission to dissent?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1667-1669

  Izzard, Ashley S ^a   Heagerty, Anthony M ^a   Leenen, Frans H H ^b,c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METHOXAMINE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; HEART OUTPUT; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032762538     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917120-00002     Document Type: Note

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