A four-year-old rabbit cannot be considered the right model for investigating cardiac senescence [1] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1701-1702

  Abete, Pasquale ^a   Domenico de Santis, ^a   Mario Condorelli, ^a   Claudio Napoli, ^a   Franco Rengo, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0037094178     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)01818-1     Document Type: Letter

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