Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 136-146 , May 2010

Creation, validation, and quantitative analysis of protein expression in vascular tissue microarrays

  • Marc K. Halushka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ross Building, RM 632L, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Tel.: +1 410 614 8138; fax: +1 410 502 5862.
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  • Toby C. Cornish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Jie Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Steve Selvin

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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  • Elizabeth Selvin

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 19 August 2008 ,Revised 21 November 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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 This work was supported by the American Diabetes Association (1-05-JF-20 to MKH) and by the NIH/NIDDK (K01 DK076595 to ES).

PII: S1054-8807(08)00188-9

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.12.007

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 136-146 , May 2010

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