Decreased hepatic nitric oxide synthesis during liver surgery

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1917-1922

  Ueda, Toshiko ^a   Sakabe, Takefumi ^a   Oka, Masaaki ^a   Maeda, Yoshitaka ^a   Nishida, Minekatsu ^a   Murakami, Fujio ^a   Maekawa, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic vein; L arginine; Liver surgery; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARGININE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032791461     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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