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Sex differences in the LDL receptor knockout mouse model of atherosclerosis

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  1. Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Neel A. Mansukhani, Zheng Wang, Vera P. Shively, Megan E. Kelly, Janet M. Vercammen & Melina R. Kibbe

  2. Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4041 Burnett Womack, 101 Manning Drive, 27599-7050, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Melina R. Kibbe

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Mansukhani, N.A., Wang, Z., Shively, V.P. et al. Sex differences in the LDL receptor knockout mouse model of atherosclerosis. Artery Res 20, 8–11 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2017.08.002

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