Plasma arginine levels and the response to inhaled nitric oxide in neonates

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 340-347

  Kavvadia, Vasiliki ^a   Greenough, Anne ^a   Lilley, Julia ^a   Laubscher, Bernard ^a   Dimitriou, Gabriel ^a   Boa, Frances ^a   Poyser, Karen ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arginine; Inhaled nitric oxide, newborn; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; OXYGENATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ARGININE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032752732     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014177     Document Type: Article

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