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Hæmostatic Mechanisms in the Animal Arterial Wall

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DEPOSITION of fibrin on the interior surfaces of arteries after intimal injury forms the basis of the thrombogenic theory of the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis1. Such fibrin deposits, covered by endothelium, have repeatedly been observed2–6.

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ASTRUP, T., BULUK, K. Hæmostatic Mechanisms in the Animal Arterial Wall. Nature 185, 541–542 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185541b0

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