Behaviour of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in inflammatory human joint diseases: An immunohistochemical study

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-123

  Mauro, Debora Di ^a   Bitto, Linda ^a   D'Andrea, Letterio ^a   Favaloro, Angelo ^a   Giacobbe, Oddone ^a   Magaudda, Ludovico ^a   Rizzo, Giuseppina ^a   Trimarchi, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; Inflammatory joint disease; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Synovial tissue

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; JOINT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749168186     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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