Asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms show histological signs of progression: A quantitative histochemical analysis

Pathobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-23

  Eberlov, Lada ^a   Tonar, Zbynk ^a,d   Witter, Kirsti ^e   Kkov, Vra ^a   Nedorost, Luk ^a   Koraben, Marie ^b   Tolinger, Pavel ^a   Koov, Jitka ^a   Boudov, Ludmila ^b   Teka, Vladislav ^b   Houdek, Karel ^b   Molek, Ji ^b   Vrzalov, Jindra ^c   Peta, Martin ^c   Topolan, Ondej ^c   Valenta, Ji ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Multiplex immunoanalysis; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; ELASTIN; GELATINASE A; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 84863734541     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339304     Document Type: Article

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