Sexual dimorphism in the aging kidney: Effects on injury and nitric oxide system

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1021-1026

  Erdely, Aaron ^b   Greenfeld, Ziv ^b   Wagner, Laszlo ^b   Baylis, Chris ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Glomerulosclerosis; Kidney cortex; Kidney medulla; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide synthase activity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; TRITIUM;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; GROUPS BY AGE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0142186981     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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