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Live and let die: asymmetric dimethylarginine and septic shock
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important mediator of host defence and of vascular tone. In septic shock, upregulation of inducible NO synthase leads to the production of vast amounts of NO, which contribute to pathogen elimination but also to inappropriate vasodilation and to loss of vascular resistance. A...
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17094795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5076 |