Increased apoptosis and decreased density of medial smooth muscle cells in human abdominal aortic aneurysms

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1549-1552

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^b   Ryschich, Eduard ^b   Schumacher, Hardy ^b   Allenberg, Jens R ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Apoptosis; Cells; Muscle, snooth

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR;

EID: 0344897284     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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