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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2008; 14(29): 4667-4671
Published online Aug 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4667
Lack of nitrate tolerance in isosorbide dinitrate- and sodium nitroprusside-induced relaxation of rabbit internal anal sphincter
Ayhan Koyuncu, Ihsan Bagcivan, Bulent Sarac, Cengiz Aydin, Sahin Yildirim, Yusuf Sarioglu
Ayhan Koyuncu, Cengiz Aydin, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas 58140, Turkey
Ihsan Bagcivan, Bulent Sarac, Sahin Yildirim, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas 58140, Turkey
Yusuf Sarioglu, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara 06500, Turkey
Author contributions: Koyuncu A, Bagcivan I, and Aydin C contributed equally to this work; Koyuncu A, Aydin C, Sarioglu Y designed research; Koyuncu A, Bagcivan I, Sarac B, Yildirim S performed research, Bagcivan I, Yildirim S analyzed data; and Koyuncu A, Bagcivan I and Aydin C wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Ayhan Koyuncu, MD, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas 58140, Turkey. akoyuncu@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
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Received: March 12, 2008
Revised: April 30, 2008
Accepted: May 7, 2008
Published online: August 7, 2008
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