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A pilot study of a non-invasive oral nitrate stable isotopic method suggests that arginine and citrulline supplementation increases whole-body NO production in Tanzanian children with sickle cell disease
BACKGROUND: Low bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) is implicated in the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD). We designed a nested pilot study to be conducted within a clinical trial testing the effects of a daily ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) fortified with arginine (Arg) and cit...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29305240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2017.12.009 |