Epidermal growth factor levels are related to diastolic blood pressure and carotid artery stiffness

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 308-312

  Lundstam, Ulf ^a   Hägg, Ulrika ^a   Sverrisdottir, Yrsa Bergmann ^a   Svensson, Lennart E T ^b   Gan, Li Ming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CCA stiffness; Diastolic blood pressure; EGF

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DIASTOLE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748915162     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430701439508     Document Type: Article

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