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Detection of Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Radical Anion by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy from Cells using Spin Traps
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Some nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs inhibit the generation of superoxide anions by activated polymorphs by

J O Minta, M D Williams

    The Journal of Rheumatology
    |August 1, 1985
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