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Original Article

Relative efficiency of incorporation of newly synthesized elastin and collagen into aorta, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein of growing pigs

Dorothy J. Johnson Division of Cardiovascular Research, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children
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J. Labourene Division of Cardiovascular Research, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children
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M. Rabinovitch Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Toronto
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F. W. Keeley Departments of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Pages 213-221 | Received 10 Feb 1992, Accepted 27 Nov 1992, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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