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Site Specificity of Atherosclerosis
11 Nov 2003
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is a complex disease process that affects very specific sites of the vasculature. It is recognized that hemodynamic forces are largely responsible for dictating which vascular sites are either susceptible or resistant to developing atherosclerosis. In addition, a number of systemic and local factors also modulate the pathogenesis of the disease. By studying the development of atherosclerosis in...
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