Laminar pattern of mineral calcium-phosphorus deposits in a human carotid plaque: Nanoscale ultrastructure and elemental analysis

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1971-1973

  Guasti, Luigina ^a   Marino, Franca ^a   Congiu, Terenzio ^a   Tozzi, Matteo ^a   Schembri, Laura ^a   Maio, Ramona C ^a   Castiglioni, Luana ^a   Maroni, Lorenzo ^a   Castelli, Patrizio ^a   Quacci, Daniela E ^a   Dell'Orbo, Carlo ^a   Grandi, Anna M ^a   Lecchini, Sergio ^a   Cosentino, Marco ^a   Venco, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 77951816789     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181de7263     Document Type: Article

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