Hyporeactivity of mesenteric resistance arteries in portal hypertensive rats

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 487-490

  Sogni, Philippe ^a,b   Sabry, Sana ^b   Moreau, Richard ^a   Gadano, Adrián ^a   Lebrec, Didier ^a   Dinh Xuan, Anh Tuan ^b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hopital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Portal hypertension; Prostaglandins; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL;

EID: 0029985846     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80170-X     Document Type: Article

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