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Role of somatic mutations in vascular disease formation.
Expert review of molecular diagnostics - 1 Mar 2010
Weakley Sarah M, Jiang Jun, Kougias Panagiotis, Lin Peter H, Yao Qizhi, Brunicardi F Charles, Gibbs Richard A, Chen Changyi
Abstract excerpt
Coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, pulmonary artery hypertension and Alzheimer's disease all lead to substantial morbidity and mortality, and we currently lack effective treatments for these vascular diseases. Since the discovery, decades ago, that atherosclerotic lesions display clonal growth, atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases have been postulated to be neoplastic processes, arising...
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