Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 242-250 , July 2007

A vitamin-E-fortified diet reduces oxidative stress, sympathetic nerve activity, and hypertension in the phenol-renal injury model in rats

  • Vito M. Campese, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Vito M. Campese, MD, Division of Nephrology, and Hypertension Center, Keck School of Medicine, USC, 1200 North State Street, Los Angeles, California 90033. Tel: 323-226-7307; fax: 323-226-5390.
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  • Shaohua Ye, MD

Received 9 March 2007 ,Accepted 20 April 2007.

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 This study was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant R01 HL070027.Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(07)00090-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.04.003

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 242-250 , July 2007