title: Platelet ionic calcium and serum total calcium in essential hypertension.
abstract: A total of 44 cases comprising hypertensive (31) and normotensive group (13) were studied. Serum total calcium concentrations remained unaltered in hypertensives. Platelet cytosolic calcium in hypertensive group was significantly higher as compared to the normotensive controls. Platelet cytosolic calcium correlated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure significantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shanker
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000032:analysis*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium