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Editorial
. 2014 Apr 15;129(15):1545-7.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009075.

Don't judge books by their covers: vascular smooth muscle cells in arterial pathologies

Edward A Fisher  1 , Joseph M Miano
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Editorial

Don't judge books by their covers: vascular smooth muscle cells in arterial pathologies

Edward A Fisher et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; atherosclerosis; hypertension; macrophages; pericytes.

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