Immunohistochemical study of apparently intact coronary artery in a child after Kawasaki disease

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 590-596

  Suzuki, Atsuko ^a   Miyagawa Tomita, Sachiko ^b   Komatsu, Keiko ^b   Nakazawa, Makoto ^b   Fukaya, Takashi ^c   Baba, Kunizou ^c   Yutani, Chikao ^d  

^a Tokyo Postal Services Agency Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxid synthesis; Kawasaki disease; Normal coronary artery; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 7044231549     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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