Role of inflammation in varicose vein aetiology

Phlebology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 55-56

  Aravind, Biju ^a   Davies, Alun H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CATHEPSIN; CHYMASE; COLLAGENASE; GELATINASE; GELATINASE B; MATRILYSIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; STROMELYSIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VEIN VALVE;

EID: 3042622322     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835504323080308     Document Type: Editorial

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