Effect of arsenical drugs on in vitro vascular responses of pulmonary artery from heartworm-infected dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-393

  Maksimowich, Dana S ^a   Bell, Thomas G ^b   Williams, Jeffrey F ^c   Kaiser, Lana ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; THIACETARSAMIDE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENAMIDE; ARSENICALS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROGLYCERIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRIAZINES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030844010     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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