Nitric oxide metabolites in decompensated liver cirrhosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1338-1341

  Barak, N ^a   Zemel, R ^a   Ben Ari, Z ^a   Braun, M ^a   Tur Kaspa, R ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Nitrates; Nitric oxide; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBIN; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES;

EID: 0032782561     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026631230611     Document Type: Article

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