Proabsorptive properties of nitric oxide

Digestion

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 400-403

  Schirgi Degen, Andrea ^a   Beubler, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enterotoxin induced secretion; Intestinal fluid transport; K+ channel; L arginine; N nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Opiates

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; ENTEROTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; FLUID TRANSPORT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; INTESTINES; ION TRANSPORT; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0031858336     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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