Endothelial dysfunction in Kawasaki disease: Focus on nitric oxide

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-

  Sato, Shuko ^a   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^a   Ohta, Naoko ^a   Todoroki, Yukiko ^a   Nishida, Kouichi ^a   Mayumi, Mitsufumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; Nitric oxide; Nitrosative stress; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ACROLEIN; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYSINE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; PEROXYNITRITE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LETTER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 1542512017     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1328-0867.2004.01849.x     Document Type: Letter

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