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Hepatocellular damage in porcine endotoxemia: beneficial effects of selective versus non-selective nitric oxide synthase inhibition?

T. Sætre, T. Hovig, M. Røger, Y. Gundersen, A. O. Aasen Institute for Surgical Research; Institute for Pathology, Rikshospitalet, The National Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
Pages 503-512 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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