Immunolocalization of elastin, collagen type I and type III, fibronectin, and vitronectin in extracellular matrix components of normal and myxomatous mitral heart valve chordae tendineae

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 203-211

  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 TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; VITRONECTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MYXOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; CHILD; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MITRAL VALVE; MYXOMA; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 0032857627     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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