Expression of elastic components in healthy and varicose veins

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 901-905

  Buján, Julia ^a   Gimeno, María J ^a   Jimínez, Jose A ^b   Kielty, Cay M ^c   Mecham, Robert P ^d   Bellón, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPOELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEG VEIN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATENT TGF-BETA BINDING PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0041825285     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-6897-8     Document Type: Article

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