Levick, Rodney J.
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This new edition incorporates several changes and additions; in particular, there have been rapid advances made in the understanding of the active nat
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ure and roles of the endothelium, and this has resulted in the addition of a new chpater on endothelial cell biology. Many other areas havebeen updated, e.g. response of ehart cells to ischaemia; role of intergrins; muogenic mechanisms and the mechanisms underlying many other vascular contractile responses. New figures have been added and references updated. Finally, in reaction to the recent GMC induced changes in medical education,a problem-based element has been incorporated in the book.
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