Delineation of the evolution of compositional changes in atheroma

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-68

  Wadsworth, Marilyn P ^a,b   Sobel, Burton E ^b   Schneider, David J ^b   Taatjes, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computer assisted microscopy; Plaque composition; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN; DNA; LIPID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SEX FACTORS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036311674     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-002-0419-x     Document Type: Article

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