expression. Detailed gross and light microscopic examination will be performed of the arterial circulation 
in the transfected limb. Standard necropsy examination of all organs will be performed to exclude 
possibility of unanticipated adverse side effects. 
Parenthetically, the same studies will be applied to amputated limbs when appropriate. 
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