European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 639-645 , December 2007

Smooth Muscle Dysfunction in Patients Older than 54 Years of Age with Objective Evidence of Arteriosclerosis

,Accepted 8 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.07.001

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 639-645 , December 2007

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