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G Gősi1, G L Nádasy2, G Raffai2

  • 1Department of Vascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary gergely.gosi@freemail.hu.

Phlebology
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EndotheliumWeibel–Palade bodiesgravitationmorphometrysecretory vesiclesveins

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