Images in cardiovascular medicine: Microscopic computed tomography-based virtual histology for visualization and morphometry of atherosclerosis in diabetic apolipoprotein e mutant mice.
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SUBMITTER: Martinez HG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2928697 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
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Images in cardiovascular medicine: Microscopic computed tomography-based virtual histology for visualization and morphometry of atherosclerosis in diabetic apolipoprotein e mutant mice.
Martinez Hernan G HG Prajapati Suresh I SI Estrada Carlos A CA Jimenez Fabio F Quinones Marlon P MP Wu Isabel I Bahadur Ali A Sanderson Allen A Johnson Christopher R CR Shim Minsub M Keller Charles C Ahuja Seema S SS
Circulation 20090901 9
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