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Non-invasive Assessment of Microvascular and Endothelial Function
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Non-invasive Assessment of Microvascular and Endothelial Function

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[Changes of blood flow structure in precapillary microvessels during significant slow-down of flow]

D G Lominadze, G I Mchedlishvili

    Patologicheskaia Fiziologiia I Eksperimental'Naia Terapiia
    |January 1, 1991
    PubMed

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