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Nitric oxide production in the exhaled air of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in relation to HIV co-infection

BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide (NO) is essential for host defense in rodents, but the role of NO during tuberculosis (TB) in man remains controversial. However, earlier observations that arginine supplementation facilitates anti-TB treatment, supports the hypothesis that NO is important in the host defens...

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Autores principales: Idh, Jonna, Westman, Anna, Elias, Daniel, Moges, Feleke, Getachew, Assefa, Gelaw, Aschalew, Sundqvist, Tommy, Forslund, Tony, Alemu, Addis, Ayele, Belete, Diro, Ermias, Melese, Endalkachew, Wondmikun, Yared, Britton, Sven, Stendahl, Olle, Schön, Thomas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18950489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-146