A comparative study of clinically well-characterized human atherosclerotic plaques with histological, chemical, and ultrastructural methods

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2032-2038

  Becker, A ^a   Epple, M ^a   Muller K M ^b   Schmitz, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Electron microscopy; IR spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

APATITE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE MINERAL; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINERALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGED; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SYNCHROTRONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 8444238663     PISSN: 01620134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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