Endogenous hydrogen sulfide and the cardiovascular system - What's the smell all about?

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 146-150

  Pearson, R James ^a,b   Wilson, Thomas ^a   Wang, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33745274131     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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