Serum nitrite/nitrate and arginase levels in patients with allergic rhinitis

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-115

  Ünal, Murat ^a,b   Eskandari, Hatice Gülçin ^a   Erçetin, Neslihan ^a   Doǧruer, Zeynep Nil ^a   Pata, Yavuz Selim ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Arginase; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33847069497     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097842     Document Type: Article

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