Significance of microvascular remodelling for the vascular flow reserve in hypertension

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-131

  Jacobsen, Jens Christian Brings ^a   Hornbech, Morten Sonne ^a   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Hypertension; Model; Rarefaction; Remodelling; Vascular flow reserve

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555169269     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0003     Document Type: Article

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