Apoptosis of cardiomyocytes in myocarditis

Folia Biologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 6-9

  Zorc Pleskovic R ^a   Alibegovic A ^a   Zorc, M ^a   Milutinovic A ^a   Radovanovic N ^b   Petrovič, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases

Author keywords

Active caspase 3; Active myocarditis; Apoptosis; bcl 2; p53; TUNEL technique

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROTECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MYOCARDITIS; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33746814006     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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