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the first month, patients were treated with their usual diet. Then they were randomly allocated
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TC Wascher, WF Graier, P Dittrich, MA … - European journal of …, 1997 - interscience.wiley.com The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of a low-dose intravenous supplementation
of l-arginine on insulin-mediated vasodilatation and insulin sensitivity. The study was performed
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in nonobese type 2 diabetic patients, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a
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is a potent vasodilator in humans, but diabetics may have a reduced generation of NO which
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AI Abdelhamed, SE Reis, DC Sane, KB … - American Heart …, 2003 - pt.wkhealth.com From the a Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center, the b Department of Internal
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822±59 (527–955) μmol l −1 after intravenous infusion of 30 g and 6 g l-arginine,
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