Nitric oxide production is diminished in colonic circular muscle from acquired megacolon

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 821-828

  Koch, Timothy R ^a,c   Otterson, Mary F ^b   Telford, Gordon L ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Megacolon; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MEGACOLON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0034082082     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238021     Document Type: Article

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