Physiological roles of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in the epigastric island flaps of rabbits

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 608-614

  Oshima, Hideo ^a   Inoue, Hajime ^a   Aihara, Masaki ^a   Tomioka, Miyuki ^a   Ishida, Hirotomo ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISCHEMIA; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION; SKIN FLAP;

EID: 0030778849     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199712000-00009     Document Type: Article

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