Comparison of levels of matrix metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases, interleukins, and tissue necrosis factor in carotid endarterectomy specimens from patients on versus not on statins preoperatively
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 94 (1) , 144-146
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.050
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