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Selenoproteins and cardiovascular stress

Aaron H Rose, Peter R Hoffmann1

  • 1Peter R. Hoffmann, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA, Fax: +1 808 692 1968,

Thrombosis and Haemostasis
|October 31, 2014
PubMed

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