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Low Elastin Content of Carotid Plaques Is Associated with Increased Risk of Ipsilateral Stroke

OBJECTIVES: Atherosclerotic plaques with a low content of connective tissue proteins are believed to have an increased risk of rupture and to give rise to clinical events. The aim of the present study was to investigate if the content of elastin, collagen and of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) −1...

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Autores principales: Asciutto, Giuseppe, Dias, Nuno V, Edsfeldt, Andreas, Nitulescu, Mihaela, Persson, Ana, Nilsson, Marie, Dunér, Pontus, Nilsson, Jan, Gonçalves, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25803692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121086

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