Journal of Surgical Research 2014-05-01

Antioxidant Vitamin C attenuates experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm development in an elastase-induced rat model

Tao Shang, Zhao Liu, Chang-jian Liu

Index: J. Surg. Res. 188(1) , 316-25, (2014)

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Abstract

Background We investigated the hypothesis that an antioxidant, Vitamin C, could attenuate abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) development in a rat model.

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