Consequences of Elastolysis

Biology of Extracellular Matrix

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 217-249

  Houghton, A McGarry ^a   Mouded, Majd ^a   Shapiro, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic Aneurysm; Bullous Pemphigoid; Elastic Fiber; Neutrophil Elastase; Serine Proteinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868198667     PISSN: 08873224     EISSN: 21911959     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16861-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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