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Inhaled CO: Deadly gas or novel therapeutic?

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CO is a poisonous gas, but under the right conditions it may serve as a novel inhalation therapy able to reduce the consequences of acute lung injury (pages 598–604).

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Figure 1: Endogenous and therapeutic CO function.

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