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Review
. 2008 Apr 15;586(8):2041-2.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.151381. Epub 2008 Mar 6.

Microvascular function and ageing L-arginine, tetrahydrobiopterin and the search for the fountain of vascular youth

Kevin S Heffernan  1 , Victoria J Vieira, Rudy J Valentine
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Microvascular function and ageing L-arginine, tetrahydrobiopterin and the search for the fountain of vascular youth

Kevin S Heffernan et al. J Physiol. .
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