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Endothelial cell control of vasomotor tone

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  1. Department of Surgery (Vascular), Yale University School of Medicine, FMB 137, 333 Cedar St., 06510, New Haven, CT

    B. Olusola Oluwole MD, Marvin McMillen MD & Bauer E. Sumpio MD, PhD

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Oluwole, B.O., McMillen, M. & Sumpio, B.E. Endothelial cell control of vasomotor tone. Annals of Vascular Surgery 9, 293–301 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02135291

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