Involved intrinsic apoptotic pathway in the varicocele and varicose veins

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 768-774

  Lee, Jane Dar ^a,b   Yang, Wen Kai ^a,c   Lai, Chin Hu ^a  

^a TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; CASPASE; FAS PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPERMATIC VEIN; VARICOCELE; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; HYPERTROPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TAIWAN; TUNICA MEDIA; VARICOSE VEINS; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASPASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TAIWAN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VARICOCELE; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955653439     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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