Nitric oxide production and nitric oxide synthase expression in platelets from heroin abusers before and after ultrarapid detoxification

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 965, Issue , 2002, Pages 479-486

  Batista, Ana ^a   Macedo, Tice ^a   Tavares, Paula ^a   Ribeiro, Carlos Fontes ^a   Relvas, João ^b   Gomes, Piedade ^b   Ramalheira, Carlos ^b   Botto, Isabel ^b   Vale, Luisa ^b   Ferreira, Luís ^b   Güete, Orlando ^b   Ruiz, Guadalupe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heroin; Neurotoxicity; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Platelets; Ultrarapid detoxification

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ADULT; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; THROMBOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 18444399951     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04189.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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