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l-Arginine therapy in Raynaud's phenomenon?
Sincel-Arginine is the substrate for nitric oxide synthesis by vascular endothelial cells the effects ofl-arginine treatment on the digital vascular response to local stimuli were investigated in patients with pr...
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Peripheral edema due to increased vascular permeability: a clinical appraisal
The release of vasoactive substances produces reversible changes of endothelial permeability with consequent edematous syndromes. We present 899 patients referred to our clinic for “non-hydrostatic non-hyponco...
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Liquid chromatographic determination of free serotonin in human plasma
The complex background of interfering substances makes plasma pretreatment necessary before performing liquid-chromatographic quantitation of circulating serotonin. We compared two isolation procedures (extrac...
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Quantitative determination of serotonin released from human platelets
A high-performance liquid chromatographic technique has been used for measuring the amount of endogenous serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) released from human platelets stimulated by adenosine diphosphate ...
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High-performance liquid chromatographic assay of serotonin in human plasma
A sensitive and reproducible reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection for determination of serotonin in human plasma is described. The method has an average coeffici...
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In Vitro effects of pentoxifylline on hemoglobin affinity for oxygen and electrolytic equilibrium of human blood
Thein vitro effects of a pentoxifylline solution on hemoglobin-oxygen affinity and electrolytic distribution between plasma and red blood cells were evaluated. Pentoxifylline increased intracellular pH and decrea...
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The management of hereditary angioedema
Our experience in managing 120 cases of hereditary angioedema is reported. Forty-two severe episodes of mucous or subcutaneous edema were successfully managed using CI-INH concentrate. A prophylactic treatment...
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Intracellular Distribution of the Different Forms of Lactic Dehydrogenase
THERE is, at present, considerable interest in the investigation of the properties and metabolic roles of the five molecular forms of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH). A preponderance of forms I and II was found in ...