Increased plasma endothelin-1 levels in fibromyalgia syndrome [10]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-494

  Pache, M ^c   Ochs, J ^a   Genth, E ^a   Mierau, R ^a   Kube, T ^b   Flammer, Josef ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0345268689     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg131     Document Type: Letter

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