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Volume 4, issue 1

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The role of endotheline – a vasospastic peptide in the pathomechanism of cerebral vascular disorders

Krystyna Pierzchała1, RADOSŁAW GAWLIK1, ZOFIA PIELA1
1. II Katedry i Kliniki Neurologii oraz z Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnętrznych i Alergologii Śląskiej AM w Zabrzu
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1995, 4, 83-86
Keywords: endotheline

Abstract

Endotheline is a newly discovered peptide with a very strong vasospastic action. An overview of hitherto conducted research on the endotheline mechanism of action is presented, as well as various views on its role in the pathomechanism of vascular disorders of the nervous system.

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41-800 Zabrze