An hypothesis for the immunopathogenesis of atherosclerosis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL.1, 2003, Pages

  Bhakdi, S ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EZETIMIBE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0038383154     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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