Effect of vitamin E on carotid artery elasticity and baroreflex gain in young, healthy adults

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Studinger, Péter ^a   Mersich, Beatrix ^a   Lénárd, Zsuzsanna ^a   Somogyi, Anikó ^a   Kollai, Mark ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Carotid artery; Ultrasound; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONOMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAROREFLEX; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 3543135391     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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