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Tissue repair and angiotensin II generated at sites of healing

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  1. Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, Rm. MA432 Medical Sciences Building, 65212, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    K. T. Weber, Y. Sun & L. C. Katwa

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Limburg, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    J. P. M. Cleutjens

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This work was supported in part by NATO Collaborative Research Grant CRG951302

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Weber, K.T., Sun, Y., Katwa, L.C. et al. Tissue repair and angiotensin II generated at sites of healing. Basic Res Cardiol 92, 75–78 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00805565

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