Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 156-160 , November 2008

Gender and endothelial progenitor cell number in middle-aged adults

  • Brian L. Stauffer

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 436, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Tel.: +1 303 724 5440; fax: +1 303 724 5450.
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  • Owen J. MacEneaney

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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  • Erich J. Kushner

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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  • Jennifer N. Cech

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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  • Jared J. Greiner

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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  • Christian M. Westby

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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  • Christopher A. DeSouza

      Affiliations

    • Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA

Received 13 August 2008 ,Revised 8 October 2008 ,Accepted 9 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2008.10.001

Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 156-160 , November 2008

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