Brainstem compression as a cause of neurogenic hypertension

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-267

  Horowitz, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033139932     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-999-0031-8     Document Type: Review

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