Artery Research
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 26-31 , June 2007

Molecular determinants of arterial stiffness

  • Stéphane Laurent

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Inserm U652, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 56 09 39 91; fax: +33 1 56 09 39 92.
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  • Céline Fassot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Inserm U652, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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  • Patrick Lacolley

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U684, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Pierre Boutouyrie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Inserm U652, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France

Received 28 February 2007 ,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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PII: S1872-9312(07)00005-1

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2007.03.004

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