Letter regarding article by Ejiri et al, "possible role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease" [1]

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Lommatzsch, Marek ^a   Virchow, J Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EDETIC ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA ROOT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATION;

EID: 33646185834     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.594135     Document Type: Letter

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