Vitamin C and microvascular dysfunction in systemic inflammation

Antioxidants

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Tyml, Karel ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Connexins; Electrical coupling; Endothelial cells; Microvessels; Nitric oxide; P selectin; Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1; Platelets; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021905297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox6030049     Document Type: Review

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