Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , 1 May 2007

Development of a Mouse Model for Evaluation of Small Diameter Vascular Grafts

Presented at the 1st Annual Academic Surgical Congress (Association for Academic Surgery), San Diego, CA, February 7–11, 2006.

Received 7 January 2006

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PII: S0022-4804(06)00405-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.07.040

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , 1 May 2007

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