Endothelial dysfunction in renal transplant patients is closely related to serum cyclosporine levels

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1357-1360

  Mercanoglu, F ^a,b   Turkmen, A ^a   Kocaman, O ^a   Pinarbasi, B ^a   Dursun, M ^a   Selcukbiricik, F ^a   Sever, M S ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CYCLOSPORINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPINE POSITION; VASODILATION;

EID: 3142534437     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.073     Document Type: Article

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