Elastin degradation within the abdominal aortic aneurysm wall - Relationship between intramural pH and adjacent thrombus formation

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 883-887

  Wiernicki, I ^a,b   Cnotliwy, M ^a   Baranowska Bosiacka, I ^a   Urasinska, E ^a   Kwas, A ^a   Bober, J ^a   Gutowski, P ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Pomeranian Medical University ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Elastin degradation; Intraluminal thrombus; Intramural pH

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ALKALINITY; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ELASTOLYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THROMBOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 56849132156     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02040.x     Document Type: Article

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