Urinary bladder-urethral sphincter dysfunction in mice with targeted disruption of neuronal nitric oxide synthase models idiopathic voiding disorders in humans

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-574

  Burnett, Arthur L ^a   Calvin, David C ^a   Chamness, Shelly L ^a   Liu, Jian Xiang ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a   Klein, Sabra L ^a   Dawson, Valina L ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^a   Snyder, Solonion H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030915371     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0597-571     Document Type: Article

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