Evidence in vivo showing increase of baseline nitric oxide generation and impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation in normotensive patients on chronic hemodialysis

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1726-1734

  Passauer, Jens ^a,b   Büssemaker, Eckhart ^a   Range, Ursula ^b   Plug, Maria ^a   Gross, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UREMIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033839987     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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