Endothelium-dependent vasodilation in conduit and resistance vessels in relation to the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Ingelsson, E ^a   Syvanen A C ^b   Lind, L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DNA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 48149101633     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.37     Document Type: Article

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