Nitrite and Nitrate Plasma Levels, as Markers of Nitric Oxide Synthesis, in Antiphospholipid Antibodies-related Conditions and in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Camillo Porta; Isabella Buggia; Ilaria Bonomi; Roberto Caporali; Claudia Scatola; Carlomaurizio Montecucco

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657666

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(02): 965-967
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657666

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Nitrite and Nitrate Plasma Levels, as Markers of Nitric Oxide Synthesis, in Antiphospholipid Antibodies-related Conditions and in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Camillo Porta

¹The Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Nefrologia, U. o. di Nefrologia e Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia Italy

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Isabella Buggia

²Dipartimento di Farmacologia, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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Ilaria Bonomi

²Dipartimento di Farmacologia, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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Roberto Caporali

¹The Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Nefrologia, U. o. di Nefrologia e Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia Italy

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Claudia Scatola

¹The Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Nefrologia, U. o. di Nefrologia e Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia Italy

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Carlomaurizio Montecucco

¹The Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Nefrologia, U. o. di Nefrologia e Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia Italy

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