Age-related change of mineral content in the human thoracic aorta and in the human cerebral artery

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^b   Ichii, Masayo ^b   Okazaki, Yuko ^b   Utsumi, Masako ^a   Nishiwaki, Fumio ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Yamada, Masa Oki ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^c  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; calcium; cerebral artery; minerals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN ARTERY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINERAL BALANCE; MINERAL BLOOD LEVEL; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 9444295298     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02785317     Document Type: Article

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