Abnormalities of collagen cross-linkage in posterior communicating artery aneurysms: A preliminary study

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-545

  Gaetani, Paolo ^a,b   Grazioli, Vittorio ^a   Tancioni, Flavio ^a   Casari, Erminia ^b   Tartara, Fulvio ^a   Rodriguez y Baena, Riccardo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

aneurysm; collagen cross linkage; molecular structure; Posterior communicating artery; structural alteration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030475874     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740467     Document Type: Article

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