Endothelin-1 plasma levels and hypertension in cyclosporine-treated renal transplant patients

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 470-474

  Cauduro, Rafael L ^a,b   Costa, Cesar ^a,b   Lhulier, Francisco ^a,b   Garcia, Règis G ^a,b   Cabral, Renan D ^a,b   Gonçalves, Luiz F S ^a,b   Manfro, Roberto C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Endothelin 1; Hypertension; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; PREDNISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORINE; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 22244461170     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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