Nerve growth factor levels and mast cell distribution in human coronary atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Chaldakov, George N ^a   Stankulov, Ivan S ^a   Fiore, Marco ^b   Ghenev, Peter I ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; Epicardial adipose tissue; Mast cells; Myocardium; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAST CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASA VASORUM;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0034749122     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00488-9     Document Type: Article

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