Radical-trapping activity, blood pressure, and carotid enlargement in women

Hypertension

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Iannuzzi, Arcangelo ^a   De Michele, Mario ^b   Panico, Salvatore ^b   Celentano, Egidio ^c   Tang, Rong ^d   Bond, M Gene ^d   Sacchetti, Lucia ^b   Zarrilli, Federica ^b   Galasso, Rocco ^b   Mercuri, Michele ^e   Rubba, Paolo ^b  

^a Cava de' Tirreni Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Ultrasonography; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RADICAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0037315492     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000049425.64091.0A     Document Type: Article

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