Augmented effects of methionine and cholesterol in decreasing the elastic lamina while thickening the aortic wall in the rat aorta

Clinical Science

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 589-593

  Zulli, Anthony ^a   Buxton, Brian F ^a   Doolan, Laurie ^a   Liu, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cholesterol; Elastic lamina; Homocysteine; Synergism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031740176     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0950589     Document Type: Article

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