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This article traces the background and implications of the recent finding that aspirin and indomethacin block the production of prostaglandins E2 and F2α.
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COLLIER, H. Prostaglandins and Aspirin. Nature 232, 17–19 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232017a0
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