Histopathogenesis of early-stage mitral annular calcification

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Arounlangsy, Phetsamone ^a,b   Sawabe, Motoji ^b   Izumiyama, Naotaka ^c   Koike, Morio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LIPID; PHOSPHORUS; VIMENTIN;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; NICK END LABELING; PATHOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHOSPHORUS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 3042738228     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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