Activity of gastric mucosal nitric oxide synthase in portal hypertensive gastropathy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 535-538

  El Newihi, Hussein M ^a,b   Kanji, Vijaya K ^a   Mihas, Anastasios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORIC ANTRUM;

EID: 0029935083     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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