Alcohol
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 27-35 , May 2000

Lipopolysaccharide tolerance and ethanol modulate hepatic nitric oxide production in a gender-dependent manner

Received 11 August 1999 ,Revised 12 November 1999 ,Accepted 16 November 1999.

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