Plaque rupture is a determinant of vascular events in carotid artery atherosclerotic disease: Involvement of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9

Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-76

  Heo, Sung Hyuk ^a   Cho, Chang Hoon ^a   Kim, Hye Ok ^a   Jo, Yong Hwa ^a   Yoon, Kyung Sik ^a   Lee, Ju Hie ^a   Park, Ju Cheol ^a   Park, Key Chung ^a   Ahn, Tae Beom ^a   Chung, Kyung Cheon ^a   Yoon, Sung Sang ^a   Changa, Dae II ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Instability; Metalloproteinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960468074     PISSN: 17386586     EISSN: 20055013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2011.7.2.69     Document Type: Article

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