Reduced endothelial progenitor cells in European and south Asian men with atherosclerosis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-41

  Hughes, A D ^a   Coady, E ^a   Raynor, S ^a   Mayet, J ^a   Wright, A R ^b   Shore, A C ^c,e   Kooner, J S ^d   Thom, S A McG ^a   Chaturvedi, N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Diabetes and Vascular Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Endothelial progenitor cells; Ethnicity; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTISLICE COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH ASIA; STEM CELL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33845598408     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2007.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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