Alterations of the extracellular matrix of venous walls in varicous veins

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-99

  Kirsch, Delia ^a,b   Schreiber, J ^a   Dienes, H P ^a   Bottger Th ^a   Junginger, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Varicous vein; Venous wall

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; TENASCIN; UNDULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VARICOSIS; VEIN WALL;

EID: 0032992630     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.28.2.95     Document Type: Article

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