Salt sensitivity of blood pressure in patients with psoriasis on ciclosporin therapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 773-776

  Magina, S ^a,c   Santos, J ^b   Coroas, A ^b   Oliveira, J G ^b   Serrao P ^c   Soares Da Silva, P ^c   Resende, C ^a   Pestana, M ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c Inst of Pharmacol and Therapeutics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ciclosporin; Psoriasis; Salt sensitivity; Wood pressure

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURESIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSORIASIS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 17644397023     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06518.x     Document Type: Article

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