Esophageal dysmotility and the change of synthesis of nitric oxide in a feline esophagitis model

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-198

  Liu, Binbin ^a   Liu, Xinguang ^a   Tang, Chaoshu ^a   Liu, Jianxiang ^a   Wang, Huahong ^a   Xie, Pengyan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGITIS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036912951     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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