Does losartan prevent cerebral edema? A preliminary study using a vascular compartment model

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Asiedu Gyekye, Isaac Julius ^a   Antwi, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Losartan; Oedema; Transcapillary exchange

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LOSARTAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRAIN EDEMA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CATS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LOSARTAN; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 0037356454     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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