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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!zazen!uwec.edu!nyeda
  2. From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.med
  4. Subject: Re: plaque
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.032934.2963@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
  6. Date: 21 Dec 92 03:29:34 -0600
  7. Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
  8. Lines: 10
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  10. [reply to ara@zurich.ai.mit.edu]
  11.  
  12. >In what ways is dental plaque different from the plaque that
  13. >accumulates in arteries?
  14.  
  15. The only thing they have in common is the name.  The first is formed
  16. from bacteria, the second from cholesterol-laden macrophages.
  17.  
  18. David Nye
  19. nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
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