Nitric oxide may contribute to nocturnal hemodynamic changes in cirrhotic patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1539-1544

  Genesca, Joan ^c   Segura, Rosa ^b   Gonzalez, Antonio ^a   Catalan, Robert ^b   Marti, Ramon ^b   Torregrosa, Mireia ^a   Cereto, Ferran ^a   Martinez, Moises ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NORADRENALIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NIGHT; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NOREPINEPHRINE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034121719     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00884-4     Document Type: Article

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