Chronic carotid glomitis in heroin addiction

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Porzionato, A ^a   Macchi, V ^a   Parenti, A ^a   de Caro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addiction; Autonomic; Carotid body; Chronic glomitis; Heroin; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID BODY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CAROTID BODY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE;

EID: 67650242862     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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