Abnormalities of the extracellular degradation of collagen type I in essential hypertension.

C, Laviades; N, Varo; J, Fernández; G, Mayor; MJ, Gil; I, Monreal; J, Díez

doi:10.1161/01.cir.98.6.535

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Abnormalities of the extracellular degradation of collagen type I in essential hypertension.

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Authors:

Laviades C

Varo N

Fernández J

Abstract

Background This study was designed to investigate whether collagen type I degradation is altered in patients with essential hypertension and whether this alteration could be related to disturbances in the serum matrix metalloproteinase pathway of collagen degradation. A second aim of the study was t...

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