Vascular endothelial cadherin expression in human carotid atherosclerotic plaque and its relationship with plaque morphology and clinical data

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Sigala, F ^a   Vourliotakis, G ^a   Georgopoulos, S ^a   Kavantzas, N ^a   Papalambros, E ^a   Agapitos, M ^a   Bastounis, Elias A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Neovascularization; VE cadherin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL INFILTRATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0242331280     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(03)00342-3     Document Type: Article

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