Different plasma levels of nitric oxide in arterial and venous blood

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 440-442

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Ignarro, Louis J ^b   Schonauer, Luca M ^a   Matteo, Maria G ^a   Galantino, Pietro ^a   Falco, Nunziata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Endothelium; Humans; Nitric oxide; Postmenopausal women; Veins

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENOUS BLOOD;

ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; VEINS;

EID: 0032879231     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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