L-arginine reverses severe nephrosclerosis in aged spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Ono, Hidehiko ^a   Ono, Yuko ^a   Frohlich, Edward D ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Endothelium; Hypertensive renal disease; L arginine; Nephrosclerosis; Proteinuria; Renal hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMICS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033008513     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917010-00018     Document Type: Article

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