Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 919-928 , November 1998

Regulation of new blood vessel growth into ischemic skeletal muscle

Presented at the 1997 Annual Scientific Session of the Western Surgical Association, Colorado Springs, Colo, Nov 16–19, 1997.

Received 21 January 1998 ,Accepted 30 April 1998.

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☆ From the Department of Surgery (Drs Bush, Pevec, and Pearson), and the Department of Pathology (Drs Ndoye and Cheung), University of California Medical Center, Davis, and the Department of Molecular Biology (Dr Sasse), Shriners Childrens Hospital, Tampa.

☆☆ Supported in part by the University of California Davis Faculty Research Grant (1996–1997).

★ Reprint requests: William C. Pevec, MD, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4301 X Street, Room 2330, Sacramento, CA 95817.

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Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 919-928 , November 1998

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