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Role of pericytes in vascular morphogenesis

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Mechanisms of Angiogenesis

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  1. Laboratory of Vascular Biology Division of Matrix Biology House A3, Plan 4, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Scheels vag 2, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden

    Christer Betsholtz

  2. Vascular Development Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC 2A 3PX, UK

    Per Lindblom

  3. Vascular Biology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC 2A 3PX, UK

    Holger Gerhardt

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  1. Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, 975 Walnut Street IB 433, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Matthias Clauss

  2. Institute of Pathology, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus TU Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Georg Breier

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Betsholtz, C., Lindblom, P., Gerhardt, H. (2005). Role of pericytes in vascular morphogenesis. In: Clauss, M., Breier, G. (eds) Mechanisms of Angiogenesis. Experientia Supplementum. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7311-3_8

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