Contraction bands in visceral and vascular smooth muscle

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1035-1041

  Venance, Shannon L ^b   Burns, Karen L ^b   Veinot, John P ^b   Walley, Virginia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

blood vessel; bowel prostate; coronary artery; histology; normal; pathology; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; ISCHEMIA; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SUDDEN DEATH; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029973969     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90280-4     Document Type: Article

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