Water Potentiates the Pressor Effect of Ephedra Alkaloids

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1823-1825

  Jordan, Jens ^b   Shannon, John R ^a   Diedrich, André ^a   Black, Bonnie ^a   Robertson, David ^a   Biaggioni, Italo ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Pharmacology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRA EXTRACT; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; TAP WATER; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ALKALOIDS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRINKING; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 1942534560     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000126283.99195.37     Document Type: Article

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