Intimal thickness and layering, and smooth muscle cell phenotypes in aorta of youth

Pathobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-28

  Rao, Raghunatha N ^a   Greer Falls, D ^a   Gerrity, Ross G ^a   Sethuraman, Sankara N ^b   Thiruvaiyaru, Dharma S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, intima; Atherosclerosis; Proteoglycan layer; Smooth muscle cells; Synthetic smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342647368     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028111     Document Type: Article

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