Immunohistological and ultrastructural analysis of the intimal thickening in coarctation of human aorta

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 737-745

  Jimenez, Maria ^a   Daret, Danièle ^a   Choussat, Alain ^a   Bonnet, Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital defects; Contractile apparatus; Heart; Human aortic coarctation; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALDESMON; DESMIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; AORTA; AORTIC COARCTATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESMIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0033034336     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00287-9     Document Type: Article

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