Perinatal and infant early atherosclerotic coronary lesions

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-141

  Milei, José ^a   Ottaviani, Giulia ^b   Lavezzi, Anna Maria ^b   Grana, Daniel R ^a   Stella, Inés ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; SIDS; SIUD; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FETUS DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 41349122450     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70570-1     Document Type: Article

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