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Vascular endothelial dysfunction resulting from L-arginine deficiency in a patient with lysinuric protein intolerance.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2001
Kamada Y, Nagaretani H, Tamura S, Ohama T, Maruyama T, Hiraoka H, Yamashita S, Yamada A, Kiso S, Inui Y, Ito N, Kayanoki Y, Kawata S, Matsuzawa Y
Abstract excerpt
Although L-arginine is the only substrate for nitric oxide (NO) production, no studies have yet been reported on the effect of an L-arginine deficiency on vascular function in humans. Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is a rare autosomal recessive defect of dibasic amino acid transport caused b...
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