Urotensin II: Evidence for cardiac, hepatic and renal production

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2211-2214

  Charles, Christopher J ^a   Rademaker, Miriam T ^a   Richards, A Mark ^a   Yandle, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous gradient; Heart; Heart failure; Kidney; Liver; Urotensin II

Indexed keywords

UROTENSIN II;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEART; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP; UROTENSINS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27744438834     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.043     Document Type: Article

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