Decreased vascular smooth muscle cell density in medial degeneration of human abdominal aortic aneurysms

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 993-1007

  López Candales, Angel ^a   Holmes, Dennis R ^a   Liao, Shixiong ^a   Scott, Michael J ^a   Wickline, Samuel A ^a   Thompson, Robert W ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; COLLAGEN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0031044735     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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