Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and exercise-induced immune reactions: Reply to the letter-to-the-editor of McLachlan and Mossop

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Scharhag, Jurgen W ^a   Kindermann, Wilfried ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 33745638169     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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