Serum cathepsin levels in coronary artery ectasia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 606-607

  Zografos, Theodoros A ^a   Haliassos, Alexander ^b   Korovesis, Socrates ^a   Giazitzoglou, Eleftherios ^a   Serelis, John ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a  

^a Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

^b Greek National External Quality Assessment Scheme in Clinical Chemistry   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CYSTATIN C;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78649974903     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.061     Document Type: Article

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