Plasma nitrate/nitrite and endothelin-1 in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 177-181

  Curgunlu, Asli ^a   Vural, Pervin ^b,c   Canbaz, Mukaddes ^b   Erten, Nilgun ^b   Karan, M Akif ^b   Tascioglu, Cemil ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Merkez Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Endothelial injury; Endothelin; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 26044435406     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20074     Document Type: Article

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