Impaired endothelial function in the brachial artery after Kawasaki disease and the effects of intravenous administration of vitamin C

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-39

  Deng, You Bin ^a,b   Li, Tian Liang ^a   Xiang, Hui Juan ^a   Chang, Qing ^a   Li, Chun Lei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Endothelial function; Gamma globulin; Kawasaki disease; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NITROGLYCERIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037234461     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200301000-00011     Document Type: Article

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