Urinary nitrite: More than a marker of infection

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-191

  Lundberg, J O N ^a   Carlsson, S ^b   Engstrand, L ^b   Morcos, E ^b   Wiklund, N P ^b   Weitzberg, E ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030838054     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00257-4     Document Type: Article

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