Collagen organization in the branching region of human brain arteries

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1595-1601

  Finlay, Helen M ^a   Whittaker, Peter ^b   Canham, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cerebral aneurysms; Cerebral arteries; Collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031928341     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.8.1595     Document Type: Article

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