Nitric oxide plays a role as a mediator of conjunctival edema in experimental allergic conjunctivitis

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Meijer, Frans ^a   Van Delft, Jan L ^b   Garrelds, Ingrid M ^b   Van Haeringen, Nico J ^a   Kijlstra, Aize ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Ophthal Res Institute ^*

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Aminoguanidine; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029996345     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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