Accumulation of the endogenous L-arginine analogue NG-monomethyl-L-arginine in human end-stage renal failure patients on regular haemodialysis

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 475-481

  Mendes Ribeiro, A C ^a   Roberts, N B ^b   Lane, C ^b   Yaqoob, M ^b   Ellory, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; UREMIA;

EID: 0029906335     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003950     Document Type: Article

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