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[Expression, regulation, and pathophysiological role of NAD(P)H oxidases in atherogenesis]

N I Kalinina, Iu A Antropova, A Agrotis

    Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova
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