Effects of long-term oral L-arginine on esophageal motility and gallbladder dynamics in healthy humans

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 37-6, 1998, Pages

  Luiking, Y C ^a   Weusten, B L A M ^a   Portincasa, P ^a   Van Der Meer, R ^b   Smout, A J P M ^a   Akkermans, L M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lower esophageal sphincter; Nitrate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031744877     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.6.g984     Document Type: Article

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