The distribution of neuronal and inducible nitric oxide synthase in urethral stricture formation

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1943-1947

  Cavalcanti, Andre G ^a   Yucel, Selcuk ^a   Deng, Donna Y ^a   McAninch, Jack W ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Neural constitutive nitric oxide synthase; Urethra; Urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETHRA STRICTURE;

EID: 16544391006     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000121261.03616.63     Document Type: Article

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