PLATELETS AND THROMBOPOIESIS Occlusive thrombi arise in mammals but not birds in response to arterial injury: evolutionary insight into human cardiovascular disease
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1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 4Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; and 5Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC
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