Monocyte responsiveness towards different arteriogenic stimuli: A functional comparison of various chemoattractants and their combinations

Frauke S. Czepluch; Johannes Waltenberger

doi:10.1160/TH06-08-0457

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(06): 857-858
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-08-0457

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Monocyte responsiveness towards different arteriogenic stimuli: A functional comparison of various chemoattractants and their combinations

Frauke S. Czepluch

¹Department of Cardiology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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Johannes Waltenberger

¹Department of Cardiology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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