Nitric oxide as a modulator of intestinal water and electrolyte transport

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1605-1620

  Izzo, Angelo A ^a   Mascolo, Nicola ^a   Capasso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enterotoxin; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal fluid transport; Laxative; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ZAPRINAST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENTERITIS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVIEW; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031825162     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018887525293     Document Type: Review

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