Morphological aspects of atherosclerothic lesion: Past and present;Aspetti morfologici della lesione ateromasica tra passato e presente

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-142

  Gaudio, Eugenio ^a   Carpino, G ^a   Grassi, M ^a   Musca, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Endothelium; Historical review; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747426269     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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