Thalidomide ameliorates portal hypertension via nitric oxide synthase independent reduced systolic blood pressure.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on April 14, 2015

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Nicholas G Theodorakis1, Yining N Wang1, Vyacheslav A Korshunov1, Mary A Maluccio1, Nicholas J Skill1

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1: Nicholas G Theodorakis, Mary A Maluccio, Nicholas J Skill, Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.

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