The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-angiotensin-(1-7) axis: The other side of the renin-angiotensin system

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 987-988

  Shahid, Mohd ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II [1-7]AMIDE[1 SARCOSINE]; NITRIC OXIDE;

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

EID: 80052826583     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.060335     Document Type: Note

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