Herpesviruses in atherosclerosis and thrombosis: Etiologic agents or ubiquitous bystanders?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-348

  Nicholson, Andrew C ^a   Hajjar, David P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Herpesviruses; Thrombosis; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031594121     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.3.339     Document Type: Review

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