Nitric oxide plasma levels in patients with chronic and acute cerebrovascular disorders

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Ferlito, S ^a,b   Gallina, M ^a   Pitari, G M ^b   Bianchi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Cerebrovascular disorders; Nitric oxide blood; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0032019514     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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