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Role of somatic mutation in atherosclerosis.
Progress in clinical and biological research - 1 Jan 1990
Penn A
Abstract excerpt
Thus, plaque DNAs from two widely different classes of organisms exhibit similar molecular alterations, which are comparable to those previously described for a number of tumor DNAs. These findings represent the first direct demonstration that mutational events may be critical in the etiology of arteriosclerotic plaques.
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