Superoxide: a key player in hypertension
Open Access
- 3 November 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 18 (1) , 94-101
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-0428com
Abstract
Superoxide is increased in the vessel wall of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) where, if “blocked,” potentiates endothelium-dependent vasodilation. The purpose of this study was to determine the...Keywords
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