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Layer upon layer: the functional consequences of disrupting the glycocalyx-endothelial barrier in vivo and in vitro
1Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Cardiovascular Research
|April 29, 2017
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