Tetrahydrobiopterin restores endothelial function in long-term smokers

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Ueda, Seiji ^a   Matsuoka, Hidehiro ^a   Miyazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Usui, Michiaki ^a   Okuda, Seiya ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SAPROPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPTERIN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SMOKING; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033985197     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00523-9     Document Type: Article

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