HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Increases GTP Cyclohydrolase I mRNA and Tetrahydrobiopterin in Vascular Endothelial Cells

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

• Publication date

  2003-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000054659.72231.A1PMID 12588756
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