Improved endothelial function with metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1344-1350

  Mather, Kieren J ^a   Verma, Subodh ^b   Anderson, Todd J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035312620     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01129-9     Document Type: Article

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