Endothelial Dysfunction, Hemodynamic Forces, and Atherosclerosis

Michael A. Gimbrone Jr

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615903

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(02): 722-726
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615903

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Endothelial Dysfunction, Hemodynamic Forces, and Atherosclerosis

Michael A. Gimbrone Jr

¹Vascular Research Division, Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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