Two patterns of lipid deposition in the cholesterol-fed rabbit

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2376-2386

  Barnes, Sally E ^a   Weinberg, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Distribution; Nitric oxide; Rabbits; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032831034     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.10.2376     Document Type: Article

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