Inflammatory changes in small blood vessels in the endomyocardium of cardiac syndrome X in female patients with increased C-reactive protein

Folia Biologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-32

  Zorc Pleskovic R ^a   Vraspir Porenta, O ^a   Zorc, M ^a   Milutinovic A ^a   Petrovič, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SYNDROME X; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 38949211605     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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