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Original Article

Ultrastructural Changes in Cerebral Capillary Pericytes in Aged Notch3 Mutant Transgenic Mice

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Pages 48-55 | Received 03 Aug 2011, Accepted 17 Aug 2011, Published online: 02 Feb 2012

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