Electron microscope investigation of the role of Chlamydia sp. in the process of rebuilding the arterial wall. Neoangiogenesis in atherosclerotic plaques in human cervical artery walls

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Walski, Michał ^a   LŁazowski, Tomasz ^a   Szostek, Mieczysław ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a   Celary Walska, Renata ^a,b   Andruszkiewicz, Paweł ^a   Ryba, Mirosław ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Ministry of Interior and Administration Republic of Poland Central Clinical Hospital   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerotic plaques; Chlamydia sp.; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRIN; LIPID; PROTEOGLYCAN; RESIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID MEMBRANE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MINERALIZATION; MONOCYTE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 0036160906     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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