Decreased total nitric oxide production in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 534-537

  Kasai, Takefumi ^a   Abeyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Hashiguchi, Teruto ^a   Fukunaga, Hidetoshi ^b   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a   Maruyama, Ikuro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minami Kyushu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Nitric oxide; nNOs

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OXIDATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN-REGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 2642575790     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077905     Document Type: Article

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