Nitric Oxide: Oxygen Radical Interactions in Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is one of the most common diseases and the principal cause of death in western civilization. The pathogenesis of this disease can be explained on the basis of the ‘oxidative-modification hypothesis,’ which proposes that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation represents a key early e...

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Main Authors: HOMERO RUBBO, CARLOS BATTHYANY, RAFAEL RADI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2000-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602000000200017