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The renin-angiotensin system, bone marrow and progenitor cells

Matej Durik1, Bruno Sevá Pessôa, Anton J M Roks

  • 1Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Clinical Science (London, England : 1979)
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