Plasma nitrate concentration in infective gastroenteritis and inflammatory bowel disease

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-395

  Dykhuizen, R S ^a   Masson, J ^a   McKnight, G ^a   Mowat, A N G ^a   Smith, C C ^a   Smith, L M ^b   Benjamin, N ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infective gastroenteritis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029798011     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.3.393     Document Type: Article

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