Elevated Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 17 (11) , 2843-2847
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.17.11.2843
Abstract
The basic feature in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the degradation of extracellular matrix components. This process is induced partly by cytokines secreted from in...Keywords
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