Angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in cardiac hypertrophy

Modern Concepts in Angiogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 253-280

  Tomanek, Robert J ^a   Dedkov, Eduard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1142/9781860949456_0009     Document Type: Chapter

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