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L-Glutamine therapy reduces endothelial adhesion of sickle red blood cells to human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Yutaka Niihara1*, Neil M Matsui3, Yamin M Shen4, Dean A Akiyama1, Cage S Johnson5, M Alenor Sunga1, John Magpayo1, Stephen H Embury3, Vijay K Kalra4, Seong Ho Cho2 and Kouichi R Tanaka1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, CA USA

2 Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, CA USA

3 Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA USA

4 Department of Biochemistry, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA USA

5 Medicine/Hematology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA USA

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BMC Blood Disorders 2005, 5:4 doi:10.1186/1471-2326-5-4

Published: 25 July 2005

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