Altered metalloproteinase-9 expression as least common denominator between varicocele, inguinal hernia, and chronic venous disorders

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 705-709

  Serra, Raffaele ^a   Buffone, Gianluca ^a   Costanzo, Giuseppe ^a   Montemurro, Rossella ^a   Scarcello, Edoardo ^b   Stillitano, Domenico Marco ^a   Damiano, Rocco ^a   De Franciscis, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Annunziata Cosenza Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MMP9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TISSUE LEVEL; VARICOCELE; VEIN DISEASE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; UPREGULATION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; UP-REGULATION; VARICOCELE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84896980176     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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