MicroRNAs in cerebrovascular disease

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 888, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-195

  Volný, Ondřej ^a,b   Kašičková, Linda ^a,b   Coufalová, Dominika ^a,b   Cimflová, Petra ^a   Novák, Jan ^a,b  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Cerebral arterio venous malformations; Intracranial aneurysms; Ischemic stroke; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; STROKE;

EID: 84953397534     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22671-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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