Excess nitric oxide in preascites: Another piece in the puzzle

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2167-2169

  Blendis, Laurie ^a   Wong, Florence ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREASCITES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0036732789     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04325-3     Document Type: Editorial

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