Coronary collateral flow and peripheral blood monocyte concentration in patients treated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 945-946

  Zbinden, R ^a   Vogel, R ^a   Meier, B ^a   Seiler, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MONOCYTES; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 3442892133     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.018259     Document Type: Article

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