Atherosclerosis: From Egyptian mummies to immune-mediated intraplaque inflammation

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-122

  Becker, Anton E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cardiovascular Pathology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Inflammation; Platelet derived growth factor; Scavenger receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DEGENERATION; DISEASE MODEL; EGYPT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 33748564951     PISSN: 12729949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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