Effect of tetrahydrobiopterin on blood pressure in rats after subtotal nephrectomy

Nephron

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Podjarny, Eduardo ^b   Benchetrit, Sidney ^b   Rathaus, Mauro ^b   Pomeranz, Avishalom ^b   Rashid, Gloria ^b   Shapira, Janice ^b   Bernheim, Jacques ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Renal failure; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CREATININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MALE; MESENTERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; URINE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOPTERIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATININE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NEPHRECTOMY; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037871863     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071069     Document Type: Article

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