PAPP-A: A possible pathogenic link to the instability of atherosclerotic plaque

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 597-599

  Li, Xuping ^a   Liu, Qiming ^a   Zhou, Tao ^a   Zhao, Shuiping ^a   Zhou, Shenghua ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A;

EID: 38749098141     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.05.043     Document Type: Article

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