Increased calcium/magnesium ratio in young and old spontaneously hypertensive rats: Pathogenetic factor in the development of hypertension and vascular fibrosis (multiple letters)

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-296

  Kisters, Klaus ^a,c   Tokmak, Faruk ^a   Gremmler, Bernhard ^b   Kosch, Markus ^c   Hausberg, Martin ^c   Zervoudaki, Alexandra ^d  

^a ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Marien Hospital Bottrop gGmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

CELL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

EID: 14744299150     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.07.006     Document Type: Letter

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