Function and structure of resistance vessels in black and white people

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 431-438

  Taherzadeh, Zhila ^a   Brewster, Lizzy M ^a   van Montfrans, Gert A ^a   VanBavel, Ed ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORPHOLOGY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RISK FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VASODILATION;

EID: 77954194871     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00269.x     Document Type: Review

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