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Juvenile elastic arteries after 28 years of renal replacement therapy in a patient with complete complement C4 deficiency
BACKGROUND: Complement activation products are present in atherosclerotic plaques. Recently, binding of complement to elastin and collagen in the aortic wall has been demonstrated, suggesting a role of complement in the development aortic stiffness and atherosclerosis. The definitive role of complem...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23199021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-161 |