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Bioimpacts. 2017;7(4): 219-226. doi: 10.15171/bi.2017.26
PMID: 29435429        PMCID: PMC5801533

Original Research

Effect of hydroxychloroquine on oxidative/nitrosative status and angiogenesis in endothelial cells under high glucose condition

Aysa Rezabakhsh 1,2, Soheila Montazersaheb 2,3, Elahe Nabat 2, Mehdi Hassanpour 4, Azadeh Montaseri 5, Hassan Malekinejad 6,7, Ali Akbar Movassaghpour 8, Reza Rahbarghazi 2,9 * , Alireza Garjani 1,2 *

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