Blood pressure directly correlates with blood viscosity in diabetes type 1 children but not in normals

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Salazar Vázquez, Beatriz Y ^a,b   Salazar Vázquez, Miguel A ^a,c   Jáquez, Manuel Guajardo ^d   Bracho Huemoeller, Antonio H ^a   Intaglietta, Marcos ^b   Cabrales, Pedro ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d Hospital Municipal Del Niño   (Mexico)

^e LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood viscosity; Diabetes type 1; Endothelial dysfunction; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 76649119783     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2010-1252     Document Type: Article

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