Protection from hardening of the arteries by Ca2+, nitric oxide and catalase

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 215, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Ota, Akihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Cancer; Hardening of arteries; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030337475     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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