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Looking through the literature, I came across some articles on electron microscopic findings of human atherosclerotic lesions. The various structures described bore some similarity to what I had noted in atheroma.
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(2007). Discovery. In: Chlamydia Atherosclerosis Lesion. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-810-4_5
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