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Non-invasive Assessment of Microvascular and Endothelial Function
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Non-invasive Assessment of Microvascular and Endothelial Function

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[An experimental analysis of the development of local capillary stasis]

G I Mchedlishvili, L N Gobedzhishvili

    Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova
    |February 1, 1994
    PubMed

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