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Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 832560, 13 pages
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Review Article

Nitric Oxide in Asthma Physiopathology

Carla M. Prado,1,2 Mílton A. Martins,1 and Iolanda F. L. C. Tibério1

1Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 04023-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 04301-012, Diadema, SP, Brazil

Received 28 January 2011; Accepted 10 March 2011

Academic Editors: E. Bar-Yishay, S. Loukides, and S. Mattoli

Copyright © 2011 Carla M. Prado et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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