Modulation of tendon healing by nitric oxide

Inflammation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Murrell, G A C ^a,b   Szabo, C ^c   Hannafin, J A ^a   Jang, D ^a,b   Dolan, M M ^a   Deng, X H ^a   Murrell, D F ^b,d   Warren, R F ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radical; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Tendon healing; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TENDON INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031025749     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050027     Document Type: Article

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