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Platelet transcriptomic changes in myocardial infarction are sex and clinical subtype-related: a step forward towards precision medicine?
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Received: 28 December 2024
Accepted: 12 February 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2025
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Bury L, Branchini A, Bernardi F, Gresele P. Platelet transcriptomic changes in myocardial infarction are sex and clinical subtype-related: a step forward towards precision medicine?. Bleeding Thromb Vasc Biol [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 11 [cited 2026 May 15];4(1). Available from: https://www.btvb.org/btvb/article/view/173
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