Activity of Exoglycosidases in the Aneurysmal Aortic Wall

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-352

  Gacko, Marek ^a,b   Zwierz, Krzysztof ^b   Arciuch, Leszek ^b   Glowinski, Stanislaw ^a   Worowska, Anna ^a   Omasta, Anita ^b  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 1842811860     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449803200409     Document Type: Article

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