Effect of long-term oral L-arginine on the nitric oxide synthase pathway in the urine from patients with interstitial cystitis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2045-2050

  Wheeler, Marcia A ^a   Smith, Shannon D ^a   Saito, Naomi ^a   Foster Jr , Harris E ^a   Weiss, Robert M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Cystitis; Interleukin 8; Nitric oxide; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; ESTERASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0030829925     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)68150-3     Document Type: Article

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