Plaques Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography Measurement of Collagen and Smooth Muscle Cell Content in Atherosclerotic
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2007;49;1474-1481; originally published online Mar 20, 2007; J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Guillermo J. Tearney Whittaker, Brett E. Bouma, Jason E. Bressner, Elkan Halpern, Stuart L. Houser, and Seemantini K. Nadkarni, Mark C. Pierce, B. Hyle Park, Johannes F. de Boer, Peter Plaques Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography Measurement of Collagen and Smooth Muscle Cell Content in Atherosclerotic This information is current as of April 16, 2008 http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/49/13/1474 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is
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