The role of nitric oxide in obstructive nephropathy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1276-1281

  Huang, Andrew ^a   Palmer, Lane S ^a   Hom, David ^a   Valderrama, Elsa ^a   Trachtman, Howard ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Nitric oxide; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0034063340     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67760-9     Document Type: Article

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