Changes in pulmonary vascular function after acute methionine loading in normal men

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-419

  O'Dochartaigh, Conor ^a   Ong, Hean ^a   Lovell, Sharon ^a   Donnelly, Ronan ^a   Hanratty, Colm ^a   Riley, Marshall ^b   Frenneaux, Michael ^c   Young, Ian ^d   Nicholls, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Methionine loading; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary circulation; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; EXHALATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE TEST; FACTOR VIII; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 2142805913     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030383     Document Type: Article

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