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dilator

Known as: dilators 
A device used to stretch or enlarge an opening.
National Institutes of Health

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DIALATOR, NASALDILATOR, URETHRALDILATOR, VAGINAL
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2009
2009
Vessel dilator and kaliuretic peptide inhibit Ras in human prostate cancer cells.
BACKGROUND Vessel dilator and kaliuretic peptide have anticancer effects in human prostate adenocarcinomas. MATERIALS AND… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Managing pregnancy-related nocturnal nasal congestion. The external nasal dilator.
OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of an over-the-counter mechanical nasal dilator during sleep in pregnant women with nasal… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Characterization of vascular relaxant factor released from cultured endothelial cells.
Cultured bovine endothelial cells were grown on microcarrier beads. Columns (0.2 ml) packed with microcarriers were perfused with… 
1985
1985
Restoration of coronary dilator action of adenosine in experimental diabetes.
We have recently shown that the coronary dilator action of adenosine is reduced in animals with experimental diabetes mellitus… 
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Endothelium-dependent vasodilation by melittin: are lipoxygenase products involved?
Vascular relaxation in response to acetylcholine and other vasodilator compounds has been shown to depend on intact endothelial… 
1984
1984
Attenuated arteriolar dilator responses to calcium in genetically hypertensive rats.
Vascular responses to calcium were studied in 14 genetically hypertensive (GH) rats of the New Zealand strain and 16 weight- and… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Plasma noradrenaline concentration and alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated vasoconstriction in normotensive and hypertensive man.
1. Plasma noradrenaline concentrations and blood pressure were measured in 45 patients with essential hypertension and 34 matched… 
1973
1973
Left ventricular contractility and developed tension in the intact dog submitted to an intracoronary infusion of adenosine
1. The effect of adenosine on left ventricular contractility and developed tension was studied in the anaesthetized intact dog… 
1960
1960
Surgical treatment of mitral stenosis by the transventricular approach with a mechanical dilator.
SINCE 1948 when Bailey,1 in Philadelphia, Harken,2 in Boston, and Brock,3 in London, successfully relieved mitral stenosis by… 
1957
1957
Effect of anastomosis between the hypoglossal and chorda-lingual nerves on the supersensitivity of the denervated submaxillary gland.