The effect of oral administration of L-arginine on anal resting pressure and anodermal blood flow in healthy volunteers

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-233

  Prins, H A ^a   Gosselink, M P ^a   Mitales, L E ^a   Buise, M P ^a   Teerlink, T ^b   Esser, C ^c   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Novartis Consumer Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal blood flow; Anal resting pressure; L arginine

Indexed keywords

ARGINAID; ARGININE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 28844501999     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-005-0233-2     Document Type: Article

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