Exhaled oval and nasal nitric oxide during L-arginine infusion in preeclampsia

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 232-237

  Grunewald, Charlotta ^a,b   Carlström, Kjell ^a   Kumlien, Gunilla ^b   Ringqvist, Åsa ^c   Lundberg, Jon ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics ^*

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; Exhaled air; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE CAVITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUTH; NOSE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATH TESTS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MOUTH; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NOSE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031593826     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010040     Document Type: Article

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