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A Procedure for Obtaining Whole Mount Mouse Aortas that Allows Atherosclerotic Lesions to be Quantified

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  1. Experimental Cardiovascular Research, Wallenberg Laboratory, Entrance 46, 1st Floor, Department of Medicine, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden

    Lena Brånén, Linda Pettersson & Marie Lindholm

  2. Experimental Cardiovascular Research, Wallenberg Laboratory, Entrance 46, 1st Floor, Department of Medicine, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden

    Silvio Zaina

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Brånén, L., Pettersson, L., Lindholm, M. et al. A Procedure for Obtaining Whole Mount Mouse Aortas that Allows Atherosclerotic Lesions to be Quantified. Histochem J 33, 227–229 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017902509083

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