Plasma MMP-9 - A marker of carotid plaque instability

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-21

  Loftus, I M ^a   Naylor, A R ^a   Bell, P R F ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embolisation; Gelatinases; MMP 9; Plaque instability; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; STROMELYSIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0035118361     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2000.1278     Document Type: Article

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