High accumulation of minerals in the human arteries of lower limb

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-183

  Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Utsumi, Masako ^a   Nishiwaki, Fumio ^a   Yamada, Masa Oki ^a   Okazaki, Yuko ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Axillary artery; Calcium; Femoral artery; Phosphorus; Popliteal artery; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; AXILLARY ARTERY; CADAVER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031782872     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02778935     Document Type: Article

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