Role of nitric oxide

Digestion

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-415

  Gupta, Tarun K ^a   Toruner, Murat ^a   Groszmann, Roberto J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver; Nitric oxide; Portal hypertension; Splanchnic circulation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; NITRIC OXIDE; PORTAL PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032111424     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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