Do human intracranial arteries lack vasa vasorum? A comparative immunohistochemical study of intracranial and systemic arteries

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-28

  Aydin, Faruk ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UroCor Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebral arteries; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THICKNESS; THROMBOSIS; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 0031804902     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050856     Document Type: Article

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