Nitric oxide levels in patients with atheromatous carotid plaque

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Terzuoli, Lucia ^a   Marinello, Enrico ^a   Frosi, Barbara ^a   Ciari, Ilaria ^a   Porcelli, Brunetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atheromatous carotid plaque; Atherosclerosis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 44349151985     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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