Effects of age and sex on plasma adrenomedullin levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome [7]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1891-1892

  Teramoto, Shinji ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Hanaoka, Yoko ^a   Ishii, Masaki ^a   Hibi, Shinichiro ^a   Kume, Haruki ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 35748968460     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01402.x     Document Type: Letter

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