Arteriosclerosis: Potentials of regression;Möglichkeiten der regression bei der arteriosklerose

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 466-469

  Metz, S ^a   Riedmuller K ^a   Kinscherf, R ^a   Metz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Macrophages; Plaque area; Plaque cellularity; Regression

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MACROPHAGES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS;

EID: 0035692098     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003910170020     Document Type: Article

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