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Chloroquine-induced nitric oxide as a potential treatment of erectile dysfunction associated with the metabolic syndrome: the science and the fiction

Mohamed H Ahmed MD, PhD Southampton General Hospital, Chemical Pathology Department, Mail point 6, Level D, South Academic Block, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK +44 2380793465; +44 2380796339; [email protected]
Pages 191-193 | Published online: 29 Jun 2007

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