Correlations between the collagen content of the human left ventricular myocardium, measured by biochemical and morphometric methods

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-19

  De Morais Lopes, José Duarte ^a   Da Silva Gomes, Roseli Aparecida ^a   Hial, Valdemar ^a   Lopes, Isabel Cristina Rezende ^a   Dos Reis, Marlene Antônia ^a   De Paula Antunes Teixeira, Vicente ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart; Hydroxyproline; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 11244306444     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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