Smooth muscle changes in varicose veins: An ultrastructural study

Journal of Smooth Muscle Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 123-135

  Wali, Mahmoud A ^a   Eid, Refaat A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Calf varicosities; Electron microscope; Long saphenous vein; Smooth muscle cells; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0035736333     PISSN: 09168737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.37.123     Document Type: Article

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