Physiological studies on nitric oxide in the lower esophageal sphincter of patients with reflux esophagitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 110-114

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

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lower esophageal sphincter; Nitric oxide; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0037270441     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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