Leukotriene B4 levels in human atherosclerotic plaques and abdominal aortic aneurysms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Den Borne, Pleunie ^a   Van Der Laan, Sander W ^a,b   Bovens, Sandra M ^a,b   Koole, Dave ^a   Kowala, Mark C ^c   Michael, Laura F ^c   Schoneveld, Arjan H ^a,b   Van De Weg, Sander M ^a   Velema, Evelyn ^a   De Vries, Jean Paul ^d   De Borst, Gert J ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a   De Kleijn, Dominique P V ^a,b,e   Quax, Paul H A ^f   Hoefer, Imo E ^a,b   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE B4;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84899958891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086522     Document Type: Article

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