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Cell Births and Cell Deaths in the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque as Evaluated from Human Studies

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Pathobiology of the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque

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Abstract

At the outset it must be said that there are very little quantitative data on cell births and deaths in human atherogenesis. Therefore my presentation must be of necessity largely speculative.

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  1. The University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Seymour Glagov MD (Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology)

  2. Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112-1393, USA

    William P. Newman III MD

  3. Colestech Corporation, Hayward, California, 94545, USA

    Sheldon A. Schaffer PhD

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Thomas, W.A., Kim, D.N. (1990). Cell Births and Cell Deaths in the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque as Evaluated from Human Studies. In: Glagov, S., Newman, W.P., Schaffer, S.A. (eds) Pathobiology of the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3326-8_22

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