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gridlock: A model for coarctation of the aorta?

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A tiny fish may provide a big clue to an important cardiovascular malformation (pages 1143–1147).

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    Jeffrey A. Towbin

  2. Department of Pediatrics and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, USA

    Tim C. McQuinn

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