Maintenance of normal agonist-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation in uraemic and hypertensive resistance vessels

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-75

  Thuraisingham, Raj C ^a,b   Raine, Anthony E G ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hypertension; Myograph; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; UREMIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERTENSION; INDOMETHACIN; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOGRAPHY; NEPHRECTOMY; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; UREMIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032925132     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.1.70     Document Type: Article

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