Increased luminal nitric oxide in inflammatory bowel disease as shown with a novel minimally invasive method

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-169

  Herulf, M ^a   Ljung, T ^b   Hellstrom P M ^b   Weitzberg, E ^b   Lundberg, J O N ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Endoscopy; Inflammation; Nitric oxide synthase; Rectum; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BIOASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; TONOMETRY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031885723     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850166897     Document Type: Article

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