The role of nitric oxide in vascular biology and pathobiology

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-314

  Dattilo, Jeffery B ^a,b   Makhoul, Raymond G ^a,b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University ^*

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASODILATATION; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0030898489     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900052     Document Type: Article

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