Arachidonic Acid Metabolites and the Interactions between Platelets and Blood-Vessel Walls

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 300, Issue 20, 1979, Pages 1142-1147

  Moncada, S ^a   Vane, J R ^a  

^a WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROPEROXYARACHIDONIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG METABOLITE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE; INDOMETACIN; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DIET; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; NORMAL VALUE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0018398906     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197905173002006     Document Type: Review

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