The incidence and morphology of Monckeberg’s medial calcification in banked vascular segments from a monocentric donor population

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 219-223

  Vasuri, Francesco ^a   Fittipaldi, Silvia ^a   Pacilli, Annalisa ^b   Buzzi, Marina ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artery donors; Histology; Monckeberg medial calcification; Vascular allograft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; DONOR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE BANK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954349688     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: 15736814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-016-9543-z     Document Type: Article

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