World Clinical Drugs, Volume. 46, Issue 7, 641(2025)
The instructive functions of the vascular endothelial cells
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ZHENG Gang, WANG Xiongguan, LI Xin. The instructive functions of the vascular endothelial cells[J]. World Clinical Drugs, 2025, 46(7): 641
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Received: Nov. 25, 2024
Accepted: Aug. 26, 2025
Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025
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