Estimation of nitric oxide production and reaction rates in tissue by use of a mathematical model

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 43-6, 1998, Pages

  Vaughn, Mark W ^a   Kuo, Lih ^b   Liao, James C ^b  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TISSUE REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031859924     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.6.h2163     Document Type: Article

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