A noninvasive, sensitive, specific, and reliable approach to assess whole-body nitric oxide synthesis in children

Pediatric Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 736-741

  Forte, Pablo ^a,b   Ogborn, Malcolm R ^b   Lilley Chan, Tanya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DINITROGUANIDINOARGININE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARGININE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646695929     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000214880.15623.84     Document Type: Article

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