Responsiveness of human varicose saphenous veins to vasoactive agents

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-224

  Brunner, Friedrich ^a,b   Hoffmann, Christine ^b   Schuller Petrovic, Sanja ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Pharmacotherapy; Primary varicosity; Smooth muscle contractility

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESCIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VARICOSIS; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN DISEASE; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035029258     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2001.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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