Elevated nitric oxide in the urinary bladder in infectious and noninfectious cystitis

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 700-702

  Lundberg, J O N ^a   Ehren I ^b   Jansson, O ^b   Adolfsson, J ^b   Lundberg, J M ^b   Weitzberg, E ^b   Alving, K ^b   Wiklund, N P ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUCOSA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030297758     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00423-2     Document Type: Article

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