Both early and stable advanced atherosclerotic lesions were collected pairwise from 。。。
这里有个early和advanced,是不是都是早期的意思?
mapped to various locations throughout the atherosclerotic vessel wall in both early and advanced atherosclerotic stages
但是在文章后面就出现了这句话,那么early-stage和advanced-stage是不是也是一个意思?