Local neovascularization and cellular composition within vulnerable regions of atherosclerotic plaques of human carotid arteries

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Jeziorska, Maria ^a   Woolley, David E ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Macrophages; Mast cells; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0032982363     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199906)188:2<189::AID-PATH336>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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