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Aging of the coronary intima sometimes induces SMC’s to fabricate excessive collagenous matrix materials around themselves. Could this fabrication be the usual rate limiting step governing the evolution toward atheroma?
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Tracy, R.E. (2003). Introducing the Sequestration Hypothesis. In: The Role of Aging in Atherosclerosis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0263-8_1
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