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Serum l-Arginase in Healthy Subjects and Nitric Oxide

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L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition

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Blood flow is essential for human to maintain the life and also a very important biosample for physicians and clinical researchers to observe the condition of the human body. The reasons why investigating human serum is important are as follows: (1) human serum is easy to collect, (2) human serum contains various chemicals or biomarkers suitable for diagnosis, and (3) huge quantities of clinical test protocols using serum are already established and even automated.

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    Keiki Ogino MD, PhD & Kei Takemoto PhD

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Ogino, K., Takemoto, K. (2017). Serum l-Arginase in Healthy Subjects and Nitric Oxide. In: Patel, V., Preedy, V., Rajendram, R. (eds) L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26009-9_14

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