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Microscopic and Ultramicroscopic Methods of Identifying and Quantitating Cells in Diffuse Fibrous Arterial Thickenings and Atheromatous Plaque

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Atherosclerotic Plaques

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Abstract

Identification of the cellular components of atheroma and their distribution within lesions can provide important information concerning pathogenesis of the disease. However, to understand how and why the disease develops, these observations cannot be limited to a single time frame but must be extended over the complete period of development, with particular emphasis on changes in childhood and early adults such as in the PDAY studies described by Professor Robert Wissler (this volume).

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Campbell, G.R., Campbell, J.H. (1991). Microscopic and Ultramicroscopic Methods of Identifying and Quantitating Cells in Diffuse Fibrous Arterial Thickenings and Atheromatous Plaque. In: Wissler, R.W., Bond, M.G., Mercuri, M., Tanganelli, P., Weber, G., Friedman, G. (eds) Atherosclerotic Plaques. Nato ASI Series, vol 219. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0438-9_23

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