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Arginine administration to critically ill patients with a low nitric oxide fraction in the airways: a pilot study

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Brigitte Sabatier, Department of pharmacy, université Paris Descartes, Hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance publique–hôpitaux de Paris (AP–HP).

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L. Cynober receives honorarium from Nestlé Health Care.

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01038622

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Tadié, JM., Cynober, L., Peigne, V. et al. Arginine administration to critically ill patients with a low nitric oxide fraction in the airways: a pilot study. Intensive Care Med 39, 1663–1665 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2984-y

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