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1Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
|November 20, 2025
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