Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and atherosclerosis: Association of the ε4 allele with defects in the internal elastic lamina

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-160

  Ilveskoski, Erkki ^a,b   Järvinen, Otso ^a   Sisto, Tero ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^b   Laippala, Pekka ^c   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Atherosclerosis; Genetic polymorphism; Internal elastic lamina; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CELIAC ARTERY; CELL MIGRATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELIAC ARTERY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033781594     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00388-9     Document Type: Article

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