Nitric oxide production in the sphenoidal sinus by the inducible and constitutive isozymes of nitric oxide synthase

Rhinology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-23

  Petruson, K ^a   Stalfors, J ^a   Jacobsson, K E ^a   Ny, Lars ^a   Petruson, B ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mucosa; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Paranasal sinus

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPITHELIUM; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOSA; NOSE CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUS; SPHENOID SINUS; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 17044396920     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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