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. 2018 May 29;38(6):1258–1270. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.311102

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Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology is published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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Figure 1. — The principal disaccharide motifs that constitute heparin, heparan sulfate, and dermatan sulfate. A, Heparin and heparan sulfate motif 1, iduronic acid-N-sulfated glucosamine. B, Heparin and heparan sulfate motif 2, glucuronic acid-N-acetylated glucosamine. C, Dermatan sulfate motif 1, iduronic acid-N-acetylated galactosamine. D, Dermatan sulfate motif 2, glucuronic acid-N-acetylated galactosamine.