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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 252141, 10 pages
Assessment of Elastase-Induced Murine Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Comparison of Ultrasound Imaging with In Situ Video Microscopy
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University school of Medicine, CA, USA
2Department of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University school of Medicine, CA, USA
3Stanford University school of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5406, USA
Received 15 September 2010; Revised 1 December 2010; Accepted 20 December 2010
Academic Editor: Monica Fedele
Copyright © 2011 Junya Azuma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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