Is steroid deficiency the cause of tolerance in nitrate therapy?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 310-313

  Panesar, N S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL; STEROID HORMONE;

ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; DIURESIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANGINA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033784007     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1058     Document Type: Article

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