The distribution of cardiac macrophages in myocardial ischaemia and cardiomyopathy

Histopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-319

  Azzawi, M ^a   Kan, S W ^a   Hillier, V ^a   Yonan, N ^a   Hutchinson, I V ^a   Hasleton, Philip S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Ischaemic heart disease; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL COUNT; CORONARY ARTERY; DEGRANULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 14844288281     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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