The vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque

Cardiovascular Pathology - Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 125-138 - 2004
Masanori Aikawa1, Peter Libby1
1Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Centers, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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