Nitric oxide as a challenge for the clinical chemistry laboratory

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 577-581

  Viinikka, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

endothelium derived relaxing factor; nitrate; nitrite; vascular endothelium; vasodilation

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030477816     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519609090591     Document Type: Review

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