Improvemnt of endothelial function with allopurinol may oocur in selected patients with OSA: Effect of age and sex [3]

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 216-217

  Teramoto, S ^a   Kume, H ^a   Yamaguchi, Y ^c   Yamamoto, H ^c   Hanaoka, Y ^c   Ishii, M ^c   Ishii, T ^b   Ouchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ESTRADIOL; SUPEROXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; VASODILATATION; ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLOPURINOL; BODY MASS INDEX; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; VASODILATION; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 33846188091     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00104806     Document Type: Letter

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