The biology of nitric oxide

Respiratory Care

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-168

  Aranda, Margaret ^a   Pearl, Ronald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhaled nitric oxide; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; NO; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

CANCER CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXHALATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNTHESIS; THROMBOCYTE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032942049     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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