Intracranial arteries of human fetuses are more resistant to hypercholesterolemia-induced fatty streak formation than extracranial arteries

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2003-2010

  Napoli, Claudio ^a   Witztum, Joseph L ^a   De Nigris, Filomena ^b   Palumbo, Giuseppe ^b   D'Armiento, Francesco P ^b   Palinski, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego ^*

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brain; Free radicals; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipoproteins; Stroke

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0033586684     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.15.2003     Document Type: Article

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