Direct association between diet and the stability of human atherosclerotic plaque

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gonçalves, Isabel ^a,b   Andersson Georgiadou, Elisavet ^a   Mattsson, Sören ^c   Skog, Göran ^a   Pedro, Luís ^d   Fernandes E Fernandes, José ^d   Dias, Nuno ^b   Engström, Gunnar ^a   Nilsson, Jan ^a   Stenström, Kristina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AGED; AMYLOID PLAQUE; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SWEDEN;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PORTUGAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84944897468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15524     Document Type: Article

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