Long-lasting NO overproduction in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1328-1333

  Bories, Phuong Nhi ^a   Campillo, Bernard ^b   Azaou, Lahcen ^a   Scherman, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Hopital Albert Chenevier   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; PERITONITIS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030945861     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250604     Document Type: Article

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