Endothelin-1 in children with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and hypertension

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-38

  Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a   Georgouli, Helen ^a   Matsinos, Yiannis ^b   Psychou, Fotini ^a   Messaritaki, Anna ^a   Gourgiotis, Dimitris ^a   Zeis, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis; Endothelin 1; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CREATININE; ENDOTHELIN 1; RENIN; SODIUM; THROMBIN;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SODIUM EXCRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0242684650     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01661.x     Document Type: Article

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