Increased MMP-9 activity in acute carotid plaques: Therapeutic avenues to prevent stroke

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 878, Issue , 1999, Pages 551-554

  Loftus, Ian Mr ^a,b   Goodall, S ^a   Crowther, M ^a   Jones, L ^a   Bell, P R F ^a   Naylor, A R ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032838654     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07724.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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