Effects of simvastatin on angiogenic growth factors released at the site of microvascular injury

Anetta Undas; Magdalena Celinńska-Lowenhoff; Ewa Stępień; Rafal Niżankowski; Wieslawa Tracz; Andrzej Szczeklik

doi:10.1160/TH06-01-0022

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(06): 1045-1047
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-01-0022

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Effects of simvastatin on angiogenic growth factors released at the site of microvascular injury

Anetta Undas

¹Department of Medicine,Cracow, Poland

²Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland

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Magdalena Celinńska-Lowenhoff

¹Department of Medicine,Cracow, Poland

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Ewa Stępień

²Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland

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Rafal Niżankowski

¹Department of Medicine,Cracow, Poland

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Wieslawa Tracz

²Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland

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Andrzej Szczeklik

¹Department of Medicine,Cracow, Poland

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