Determination of atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 209-215

  Napoli, C ^a,b   Palinski, W ^a   Di Minno, G ^b   D'Armiento, F P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apo mice; Artery; Atherogenesis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0034252919     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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