Immunohistochemical localization of nitric oxide synthase activity in upper respiratory epithelium

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1075-1079

  Rosbe, Kristina W ^a   Mims, James W ^b   Prazma, Jiri ^a   Petrusz, Peter ^c   Rose, Austin ^a   Drake, Amelia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TRACHEA MUCOSA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0029815309     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199609000-00006     Document Type: Article

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