Endothelial function and circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with sleep apnea syndrome

Respiration

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-32

  De La Peña, Mónica ^a   Barceló, Antonia ^a   Barbe, Ferran ^b   Piérola, Javier ^a   Pons, Jaume ^a   Rimbau, Enric ^a   Ayllón, Olga ^a   Agustí, Alvar G N ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^c Fundació Caubet CIMERA ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Circulating progenitor cells; Endothelial function; Sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CD34 SELECTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STEM CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD34; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; VASODILATION;

EID: 46249087312     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109643     Document Type: Article

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