Ruptures of delight? A new mouse model of plaque rupture

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1191-1192

  Jackson, Christopher L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROTEIN P53;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; FAT INTAKE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOTE; RUPTURE;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 33745011677     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000222905.77560.c7     Document Type: Editorial

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