Cerebrovascular reactivity to L-arginine in patients with lacunar infarctions

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-186

  Pretnar Oblak, Janja ^a   Zaletel, Marjan ^a   Zvan, Bojana ^a   Sabovic, Miso ^a   Pogacnik, Tomaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular reactivity to L arginine; Endothelial dysfunction; Lacunar infarction; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

AGED; ARGININE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33645795997     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090530     Document Type: Article

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