Two weeks taurine supplementation reverses endothelial dysfunction in young male type 1 diabetics

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-310

  Moloney, Michael A ^a   Casey, Rowan G ^a   O'Donnell, David H ^a   Fitzgerald, Patricia ^a   Thompson, Chris ^a   Bouchier Hayes, David J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; diabetes mellitus; flow mediated dilatation; laser Doppler fluximetry; taurine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TAURINE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MANOMETRY; TAURINE; VASODILATION;

EID: 77956027465     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479164110375971     Document Type: Article

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