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. 1966 Feb;48(2):197–239.

A correlative histochemical, biochemical and electron microscopic study of experimental atherosclerosis in the rabbit aorta with special reference to the myo-intimal cell.

F Parker, G F Odland
PMCID: PMC1916426  PMID: 5904499

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