Apoptosis in the atherosclerotic plaque: Quantitative and qualitative aspects

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1519-1522

  Kockx, Mark M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; BAX; Lipids; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL LABELING; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031662304     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.10.1519     Document Type: Review

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