Changes in Urinary Nitrate and Nitrite during Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

Digestion

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 170-173

  Sasajima, Koji ^a   Yoshida, Yutaka ^b   Yamakado, Susumu ^b   Sato, Jun ^b   Miyashita, Masao ^a   Okawa, Keiichi ^a   Matsutani, Takeshi ^a   Onda, Masahiko ^a   Kawano, Eiji ^c  

^a Nippon Medical School   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colitis; Drug therapy; Nitrate; Nitrite; Ulcerative; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; SULFASALAZINE;

EID: 0029932128     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201332     Document Type: Article

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