Pathogenic mechanisms in unstable angina

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Maseri, A ^a   Liuzzo, G ^a   Biasucci, L M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROLIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032820484     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.2008.i2     Document Type: Review

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