Elevated nitric oxide production in rheumatoid arthritis. Detection using the fasting urinary nitrate:creatinine ratio

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 643-647

  Grabowski, Peter S ^a   England, Amanda J ^a   Dykhuizen, Roelf ^b   Copland, Mhairi ^a   Benjamin, Nigel ^a   Reid, David M ^c   Ralston, Stuart H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b City Hospital Aberdeen   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CREATININE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030009532     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390416     Document Type: Article

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