Immunology of atherosclerosis

Esther Lutgens; Christoph J. Binder

doi:10.1160/TH11-10-0683

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2011; 106(05): 755-756
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-10-0683

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Immunology of atherosclerosis

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Esther Lutgens

¹Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

²Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), Ludwig Maximillian's University, Munich, Germany
Christoph J. Binder

³Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

⁴Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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