Localization and smooth muscle cell composition of atherosclerotic lesions in watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 347-359

  Giuriato, Luca ^a   Scatena, Marta ^a   Chiavegato, Angela ^a   Zanellato, Anna Maria Cecilia ^a   Guidolin, Diego ^b   Pauletto, Paolo ^a   Sartore, Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Fidia Advanced Biopolymers   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lesions; Rabbits; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027459426     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.13.3.347     Document Type: Article

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