812 TESTOSERONE MODULATES VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MEDIATED MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION, IN VITRO
β Scribed by Beddies, John; Bienvenu, James; Mountain, Deidra; Kirkpatrick, Stacy; Grandas, Oscar; Klein, Frederick
- Book ID
- 118485586
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 187
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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