American Heart Journal
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Effect of menopause on plaque morphologic characteristics in coronary atherosclerosis

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 Supported in part by research grant RO1HL61799-02 from the National Institutes of Health.

☆☆ The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, or the Department of Defense.

 Reprint requests: Renu Virmani, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000. E-mail: virmani@afip.osd.mil

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American Heart Journal
Volume 141, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S58-S62 , February 2001