Hypertension: β testing

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 654-656

  Kotlikoff, Michael ^a   Hall, Ian ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS;

EID: 85047694546     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI19580     Document Type: Review

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