Role of nitric oxide in the internal anal sphincter of Hirschsprung's disease

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1493-1498

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

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; AGANGLIONOSIS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; RECTUM CANCER; ANAL CANAL; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANAL CANAL; ARGININE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036885767     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6384-7     Document Type: Article

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