Louis J. Ignarro

Nobel Lecture

Nitric Oxide: A Unique Endogenous Signaling Molecule in Vascular Biology

Louis J. Ignarro held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1998, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

Nitric Oxide: A Unique Endogenous Signaling Molecule in Vascular Biology

Louis J. Ignarro held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1998, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1996-2000, Editor Hans Jörnvall, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2003

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