Endothelial progenitor cells in cardiovascular disease and hypoxia - Potential implications to obstructive sleep apnea

Translational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Berger, Slava ^a   Lavie, Lena ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79959756428     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2010.12.008     Document Type: Review

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