Is vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation beneficial?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8997, 1996, Pages 305-307

  Weissberg, Peter L ^a   Clesham, Gerald J ^a   Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HEART INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030069678     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90472-9     Document Type: Article

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