THE LEVELS OF ASYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE IN PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA

Year 2010, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 404 - 409, 01.12.2010

İsmail Erden Emine Çakcak Erden Serhat Bahadır Sözen Osman Kayapınar Cengiz Başar Sabri Onur Yalçın

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THE LEVELS OF ASYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE IN PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA

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