title: Endothelial lesion in hypertension.
abstract: A method for indicating latent endothelial lesion based on circulating endothelial cell count after methionine challenge was used in a group of hypertensives and in healthy controls. A significantly increased cell count was found in hypertensives.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Programme, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hladovec
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Prerovský
mesh_terms: D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008715:Methionine