Is nitric oxide involved in the pathophysiology of essential hyperhidrosis?

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1027-1030

  Karaca, Semsettin ^a,b,c   Kulac, Mustafa ^a,b,c   Uz, Efkan ^a,b,c   Barutcu, Irfan ^a,b,c   Yilmaz, H Ramazan ^a,b,c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34848865419     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03243.x     Document Type: Article

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