Intimal hyperplasia in the distal ulnar artery: Influence of gender and implications for the hypothenar hammer syndrome

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Stone, James R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intima; Intimal thickening; Neointima; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAIN; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TRICHOME; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0842348161     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(03)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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