Information networks in the arterial wall

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 68-73

  Bény, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0033413390     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.2.68     Document Type: Article

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