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Low Elastin Content of Carotid Plaques Is Associated with Increased Risk of Ipsilateral Stroke

Giuseppe Asciutto ,

* E-mail: giuseppe.asciutto@med.lu.se

Affiliation Vascular Centre Malmö-Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Nuno V Dias,

Affiliation Vascular Centre Malmö-Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Andreas Edsfeldt,

Affiliations Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Mihaela Nitulescu,

Affiliation Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Ana Persson,

Affiliations Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Marie Nilsson,

Affiliations Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Pontus Dunér,

Affiliation Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Jan Nilsson,

Affiliation Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Isabel Gonçalves

Affiliations Experimental Cardiovascular Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Dept. of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Low Elastin Content of Carotid Plaques Is Associated with Increased Risk of Ipsilateral Stroke

Giuseppe Asciutto,
Nuno V Dias,
Andreas Edsfeldt,
Mihaela Nitulescu,
Ana Persson,
Marie Nilsson,
Pontus Dunér,
Jan Nilsson,
Isabel Gonçalves

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Published: March 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121086

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