Atherosclerosis
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 101-110 , September 2004

Emergence of dendritic cells in rupture-prone regions of vulnerable carotid plaques

  • Atilla Yilmaz

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 9131 853 5301; fax: +49 9131 853 2079.
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  • Marlene Lochno

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Friedemann Traeg

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Iwona Cicha

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Christine Reiss

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Christian Stumpf

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Dorette Raaz

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Thomas Anger

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Kerstin Amann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Hartmannstraβe 4, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Thomas Probst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Clinic Nuremberg, Breslauer Straβe 201, 90340 Nuremberg, Germany
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  • Josef Ludwig

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Werner G Daniel

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    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Christoph D Garlichs

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

Received 19 December 2003 ,Revised 25 March 2004 ,Accepted 20 April 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.04.027

Atherosclerosis
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 101-110 , September 2004

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