Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 Is Associated with Symptomatic Lesions and Adverse Events in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis

• Azhar Abbas ,

  * E-mail: azhar.abbas@ous-hf.no

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Pål Aukrust,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• David Russell,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Kirsten Krohg-Sørensen,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Trine Almås,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Østfold Hospital Trust, Fredrikstad, Norway

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• Dorte Bundgaard,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Østfold Hospital Trust, Fredrikstad, Norway

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• Vigdis Bjerkeli,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Ellen Lund Sagen,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Annika E. Michelsen,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Tuva B. Dahl,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Sverre Holm,

  Affiliation Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Thor Ueland,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Mona Skjelland ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mona Skjelland, Bente Halvorsen

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Bente Halvorsen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mona Skjelland, Bente Halvorsen

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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