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Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of the Endothelial Glycocalyx with Atomic Force Microscopy
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The dynamics of the endothelial glycocalyx: a rare snapshot by electron microscopy
Carolin C Drost1, Andreas Unger2, Wolfgang A Linke2
1Department of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. carolinchristina.drost@ukmuenster.de.
Angiogenesis
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