Histological topographical comparisons of atherosclerosis progression in juveniles and young adults

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 791-798

  Homma, Satoki ^a   Troxclair, Dana A ^a   Zieske, Arthur W ^a   Malcom, Gray T ^a   Strong, Jack P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; AHA classification; Aorta; Arteriosclerosis; Autopsy; Collagen; Coronary arteries; Fatty streaks; Histology; Histometry; Immunohistochemistry; Intimal thickness; Macrophage; PDAY; Smooth muscle cells; T lymphocytes; Topography; Young people

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORACIC AORTA; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949162759     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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