Dietary L-arginine supplementation improves the glomerular filtration rate and renal blood flow after 24 hours of unilateral ureteral obstruction in rats

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 926-930

  Ito, Keiichi ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Vaughan Jr , E Darracott ^a   Seshan, Surya V ^b   Poppas, Dix P ^a   Felsen, Diane ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Nitric oxide; Renal circulation; Ureter; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; INULIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URETER OBSTRUCTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0346498116     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000105073.67242.eb     Document Type: Article

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