The combined use of L-arginine and tetrahydrobiopterin improves hemodynamic parameters in a rat model of pulmonary hypertension

C. Schreiber, A. Martischnig, M. Strobl, H. Bergmeister, I. Lang, D. Bonderman (Austria)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Experimental pulmonary hypertension
Session: Experimental pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1068
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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