Immunohistochemical evaluation of microvascular rarefaction in hypertensive humans and in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-268

  Paiardi, Silvia ^a   Rodella, Luigi F ^a   De Ciuceis, Carolina ^a   Porteri, Enzo ^a   Boari, Gianluca E M ^a   Rezzani, Rita ^a   Rizzardi, Nicola ^a   Platto, Caterina ^a   Tiberio, Guido A M ^a   Giulini, Stefano M ^a   Rizzoni, Damiano ^a   Agabiti Rosei, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Hypertension; Microcirculation; Microvascular rarefaction; Small vessels

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 68649085677     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1195     Document Type: Article

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