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The Nature of Iron Deposits Differs between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques

Iron within atherosclerotic plaque has been implicated as a catalyst of oxidative stress that causes progression of plaque, and plaque rupture. Iron is believed to accumulate within plaque by incorporation of erythrocytes following plaque rupture and hemorrhage. There is only indirect evidence to su...

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Autores principales: Kopriva, David, Kisheev, Anastasye, Meena, Deiter, Pelle, Shaneen, Karnitsky, Max, Lavoie, Andrea, Buttigieg, Josef
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/PMC4659551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26606178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143138