Biochemical assay of collagen and elastin in the normal and varicose vein wall

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-248

  Venturi, Marco ^a   Bonavina, Luigi ^a   Annoni, Federico ^a   Colombo, Laura ^b   Butera, Caterina ^b   Peracchia, Alberto ^a   Mussini, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN; DESMOSINE; ELASTIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; ISODESMOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN WALL;

EID: 0030060046     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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