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Review
. 2000 May;3(3):197-204.
doi: 10.1097/00075197-200005000-00006.

Role of nitric oxide in wound healing

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Role of nitric oxide in wound healing

D T Efron et al. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2000 May.

Abstract

Nitric oxide is a short-lived free radical, that is capable of multiple effects at the molecular, cellular, and physiologic levels. Over the past several years, nitric oxide has been proved to play an important role in the healing of various types of wounds. The present review examines some of the recently defined roles of nitric oxide in normal and pathologic healing.

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