Assay validation for determining nitrites and nitrates in biological fluids;Valoración de un método para determinar nitritos y nitratos en muestras biológicas

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 670-676

  Muñoz Fuentes, Rosa María ^a   Vargas, Florencia ^a   Bobadilla, Norma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Griess reaction; Nitrate reductase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITRITES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1542316068     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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