Role of nitric oxide in the left-sided colon of patients with diverticular disease

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2000, Pages 692-696

  Tomita, Ryouichi ^a,b,c   Fujisaki, Shigeru ^a   Tanjoh, Katsuhisa ^a   Fukuzawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diverticular disease; Nitric oxide; Non adrenergic non cholinergic cholinergic inhibitory nerve; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0034083533     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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