Plasma arginine and urinary nitrate and nitrite excretion in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Heckmann, M ^a   Kreuder, J ^a   Riechers, K ^a   Tsikas, D ^b   Boedeker, R H ^a   Reiss, I ^a   Gortner, L ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Plasma amino acids; Preterm infant; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXCRETION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNTHESIS;

ARGININE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1842508999     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075377     Document Type: Article

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