Endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in forearm is impaired in stroke patients

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Stenborg, A ^a,c   Terent, A ^a   Lind, L ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Hypertension; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33646735391     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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