Nitric oxide, bacteria, and host defense in sepsis: Who needs what?

Shock

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 588-590

  Hauser, Balázs ^a,b   Radermacher, Peter ^a   Thiemermann, Christoph ^c   Matejovic, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CITROBACTER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HYPOTENSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG LAVAGE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 9644295839     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200412000-00016     Document Type: Editorial

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