Effect of chronic treatment with the inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N-iminoethyl-L-lysine or with L-arginine on progression of coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1033-1038

  Behr Roussel, Delphine ^a   Rupin, Alain ^b   Simonet, Serge ^b   Bonhomme, Edith ^b   Coumailleau, Sophie ^b   Cordi, Alex ^b   Serkiz, Bernard ^b   Fabiani, Jean Noël ^a   Verbeuren, Tony J ^b  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Arginine; Atherosclerosis; Inhibitors; L NIL; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN; LEVO N IMINOETHYL LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034730108     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.9.1033     Document Type: Article

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