Effect of exogenous urotensin-II on vascular tone in skin microcirculation of patients with essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1195-1199

  Sondermeijer, Brigitte ^a,b   Kompa, Andrew ^a   Komesaroff, Paul ^a   Krum, Henry ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Iontophoresis; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Microcirculation; Pharmacology; Urotensin II

Indexed keywords

UROTENSIN II;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER FLOWMETER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR TISSUE; VEIN DILATATION; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; SKIN; UROTENSINS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 25144432742     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.03.748     Document Type: Article

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