Autoimmunity and atherosclerosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages

  Wick, G ^a   Perschinka, H ^a   Xu, Q ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROGENESIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIPID OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032694362     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70272-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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