Heart disease is common in humans and chimpanzees, but is caused by different pathological processes

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-112

  Varki, Nissi ^a   Anderson, Dan ^b   Herndon, James G ^b   Pham, Tho ^a   Gregg, Christopher J ^a   Cheriyan, Monica ^a   Murphy, James ^c   Strobert, Elizabeth ^b   Fritz, Jo ^c   Else, James G ^b   Varki, Ajit ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Evolution; Great ape; Heart attacks; Heart disease; Heart failure; Hominids; Myocardial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350302379     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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