Ultrastructure abnormalities in proteoglycans, collagen fibrils, and elastic fibers in normal and myxomatous mitral valve chordae tendineae

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 191-201

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a   James, V ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; CUPROLINIC BLUE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RUTHENIUM RED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITRAL VALVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; CHILD; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITRAL VALVE; MYXOMA; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 0032841124     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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