Cholesterol Granulomas in Mice Deficient in Apolipoprotein E

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 57-58

  Owiny, James R ^a   Strandberg, John D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIET; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MICE;

EID: 0034329370     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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