Endothelial dysfunction in normotensive Chinese with a family history of essential hypertension

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Li, Li Jun ^a   Geng, Shu Ren ^b   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Endothelium derived relaxing factor; Genetics; Hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 14644437740     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-200044242     Document Type: Article

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