Declining density of intimal smooth muscle cells as a precondition for atheronecrosis in the coronary artery

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-162

  Tracy, Richard E ^a  

^a Maxillofacial Prosthetics Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY VESSELS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NECROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0030948227     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01008037     Document Type: Article

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