Therapeutic approaches using nitric oxide in infants and children

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1027-1034

  Steinhorn, Robin H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP; Congenital heart disease; Free radicals; Neonate; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Pulmonary hypertension; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SILDENAFIL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHILD; DRUG APPROVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 79961044260     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.01.006     Document Type: Review

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